St. Pat's Pot of Gold - a photo on Flickriver

            On the afternoon of Saint Patrick's Day 2022, the Internets said that Norfolk Southern 1069, the Virginian heritage unit, was a trailing unit on a train heading east BNSF's Mendota Sub and that had stopped in Sandwich, IL. Since I pass this spot on my way home, I made it a point to stop if the train was still there when I left work a few hours later. Sure enough, it was still there. I rolled up with a setting sun making for a colorful sunset. This is a panoramic image showing the whole train, with NS 1069 front and center. To give a sense of scale, my car can be seen as a tiny speck on the far right of the image. While there's no featured green in this image, seeing my first heritage unit since before the Covid pandemic was like the pot of gold. And between the golden sunset and the Virginian's golden yellow, it's more than representative of the Leprechaun's gold.
   

Taken in: United States / Illinois / Sandwich Township / Sandwich (show map)

Taken on: March 17, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL SL1, f/6.3, 1/320 sec, 18mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS REBEL SL1
Lens:	EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.4 (Windows)
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