At the beginning of my fall break from UT, I decide to kick it off by chasing the OCS up the K&O District to Knoxville. I have never seen it on this line and some of the photos that other photographers have got were spectacular.
I had originally set up just south of Blair, Tennessee on the edge of a field. The elevated curve was a great angle, but the light was bad. Moving around the curve a little ways proved more light, but the farmer who owned the field bluntly told me to move my camera elsewhere.
On top of that, a fellow photographer had informed me that a car wreck up the road had traffic backing up, so the decision was made to move ahead of the wreck in order to keep up a good chase.
The next location was a bust as well as a nearby property owner bluntly told us move elsewhere again. Turns out there isn't really a lot of room in some places to pull off to take a photo on this line without being too close or on someone's property.
Finally! I arrive at my first video location, which is nearly halfway to Knoxville at this point, at Marlow, Tennessee. NS 4271 sports a rather quiet K-5LA with a dead 4A bell. The other F-9A unit has the better horn, but also has the better HEP so it remains close to the coaches in the consist.
Moving on down the line to just north of Clinton, Tennessee at East Siding. Better light is achieved here.
Finally, we find the train climbing Copper Ridge giving the motive power in the consist a good workout.
This probably was one of the more stressful chases for the blunt property owners and migraine headache I wound up getting after the chase was over. The train itself is hard to get ahead as they make some pace.
22 дек 2016
