I've been driving over this very crossing for going on 19 years and on the several occasions that I've actually seen a train, I did not have a camera. Mostly, I couldn't have used one if I had one for any number of reasons anyway. It's often too dark, or I'm buried in traffic, or it's already past the open spot. This is in the town of Peru, where people traveling down Rt. 108 turn to cross the river to Mexico and Dixfield. The tracks are almost at the foot of the bridge.
Today I had my "throw-down" spare camera with my work stuff and happened to see "RUPO" leaving Rumford on my way home from a workshop day. This gave me plenty of time to go on ahead to the old Peru depot at Dixfield Ea
st siding. Now, I was thrown off my game by pouring rain, a battery warning light on the camera, plus not having my SLR, but here's proof if actually happened. Unfortunately that battery light told me my day was done shortly after it started. I could have followed this guy to any number of good spots. The cloudy sky would have negated the back-lighting that would be the norm at 3pm.Not exciting to anyone else, but I got a kick out of it!
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