Gathering darkness at Trout Creek - a photo on Flickriver

            We were enjoying an outdoor meal cooked over a wood fire along the frozen shore of where Trout Creek merges with the Clark Fork deep into the blue hour on February 10, 2024. From our location you could easily see the BNSF’s MRL Sub main over Bridge 55, but with nightfall setting in, it was getting more difficult. Through the stillness of dusk, we could hear a rumble growing in intensity, and it sounded like a westbound was bearing down on our location.

Funny thing too about this spot though. Apparently the mountains are arranged just right to bounce sound off them with amazing redirection. It can’t be a westbound we kept saying— since we aren’t hearing horns at the two grade crossings through Trout Creek to the east. Almost without warning, the crossing bells protecting Marten Creek Road just the other side of the icy inlet start ringing as an eastbound coal train, horns blaring, rumbles across Bridge 55. The fire and food can wait a moment as I try, almost in vain, to capture the scene with a camera in the gathering darkness.

Taken in: United States / Montana / Larchwood (show map)

Taken on: February 10, 2024

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BNSF

Montana

railroad

snow

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BNSF MRL Sub

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ice

Trout Creek

Clark Fork

dusk

night

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Bridge 55

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Sets appears in: • BNSF • Night more » • Winter • Montana « less

Groups appears in: • Something Blue (Only Blue) • Railway more » • Montana Railroads « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/5.6, 1/20 sec, 21mm, ISO 4000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.05 sec (1/20)
Focal Length:	21mm
ISO:	4000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
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