With the sun shining brightly, I decided to head back to that mound of piled snow in Three Bridges that I had dubbed "The Mountain" on Sunday. Before going there though, it was down to Belle Mead to check on the progress of the Route 206 bridge project. On Saturday, the jack hammers were going full tilt breaking up the concrete for one of the the new bridge supports. I can't imagine why this was being done unless all this cold weather we have been experiencing has caused the newly poured concrete to not set properly. With this development tossed into the mix, one could speculate that the metal spans over CSX's Trenton Line won't be going up in the near future. Seen here is CSX Q300, with CSX 507 and CSX 926 as its motive power, bringing fifty-seven cars of mixed freight east at MP 50.
Once Q300 passed by, I decided to head over to Three Bridges and scale the mountain of snow to my perch. Saturday night's freshly fallen snow made the climb a little more hazardous (Nahhh... not really, just wanted to add some drama to this account). It wouldn't be a long wait before three eastbound trains passed by my location. First through would be mixed freight 18G, followed by intermodal 212, and finally 22V with its consist of colorful COFCs.
For 22V, that image was photographed using B/W film. Yes, I will still shoot film from time to time. Digital photography is nice but technology changes over time. Perhaps the digital images that I shot today will one day be rendered obsolete through technological advances. Only a few years ago, prior to the digital era, who would have thought that slide film would be so hard to find or have processed. With all this being said, I shall now come down off the mountain and cease being so opinionated about photography in order for you to check out these images.