I took this photo yesterday. It just didn't get blogged about until now because the wind, clouds and general yuckiness moved in and caused periodic internet losses.
Yesterday afternoon, around 3 p.m., I went to this location to practice some panning and action shots with passing trains. I sat for forty-five minutes without a single train passing by. Now, this railroad track is about a mile from my house. I hear the trains. ALL THE TIME. But, apparently they do not run between 3-4 p.m. yesterday. Of course, I heard one about 10 minutes of arriving back home but the cold front had arrived. It gets better. As I sit here typing now, I hear another train. I believe I'm being mocked now.
About the picture. This is what yesterday's "Blue Northern" looked like as it entered the Texas Panhandle. It took this front about 5 minutes to go from what you see in the picture to a completely black and grey sky, winds gusting around 30 m.p.h. and the temperature to drop from 53 to 36.
