T.G.'s Photography Blog

I first saw trees leaves changing colors in late August, but then it seemed nature hit the pause button and color change stopped. However, recently the leaves began to change again. With many of the leaves here in Central New York finally starting to change into their fall colors I have gone out a few times trying to capture some of the colors.  Thompson Road, at Camillus, NY. The below two photographs were taken near Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, along Thompson Road. These views are looking eastward as the road curves and twists its way through the fall foliage.  Colorful leaves along Thompson Rd. A twisting Thompson Road, surrounded by color. Pottery Road, at Warners, NY. While out waiting for a train to at Pottery Road, in Warners, NY., I spotted this sliver of yellow leaves being highlighted by the mid-afternoon sunlight.  A sliver of yellow among green. Fog shrouded hilltop along Warners Road While driving down Warners Road, I took a turn onto Sheets Road. When I turned ...

TRRA 1517 , TRRA 1503 , and TRRA 1510 are on the point of a train making a switching move, on the eastern approach to the Merchants Bridge over IL Route 3. The train was performing switching operations at TRRA's Madison Yard , which is about a half a mile east of this location. The train stopped over Route 3, and then made a back up move toward the yard. The Merchants Bridge crosses over the Mississippi River between Venice, IL. and St. Louis, MO. Photo taken: February 26, 2006. Venice, Illinois.

During a spring storm, lighting crackles in the sky just outside of Filley, NE. This view is looking toward town, along highway US 136. Photo taken: April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska. Photo © Tom Gatermann

Cars roll down US 136 as a spring storm rages across the sky. April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

BNSF 7826 - Madison, IL A grain train, lead by BNSF 7826 and an unknown BNSF unit (in a rapidly fading Santa Fe Warbonnet paint scheme), is seen here sitting along State Street. The train is sitting on TRRA tracks, just north of TRRA's Madison Yard. Here is another image of this same train, taken from a an almost-straight-on perspective. Photo taken on: November 25, 2011, at Madison, Illinois.

Interstate 70 at the Eisenhower Tunnel This view is looking toward I-70 and the east entrance to the Eisenhower Tunnel. The road curving up in the lower left is Loveland Pass (US 6), which trucks carrying hazardous materials have to use, instead of the tunnel on I-70. The tunnel goes under the Continental Divide, while Loveland Pass goes up and over it. Photo taken: September 6, 2013, from Loveland Pass.

Loveland Pass 9 (US 6) A truck carrying automobiles makes its way down the steep grade of Loveland Pass (U.S. Highway 6) on the eastern side of the Continental Divide. According the the Colorado Department of Transportation, the grades on this highway are as high as six percent. With an elevation of 11,992 feet, the road reaches the second highest elevation of a Colorado mountain pass, one spot behind Independence Pass (State Highway 29) which reaches 12,095 feet. While I'm not sure if this truck was had to use Loveland Pass instead of Interstate 70's Eisenhower Tunnel , trucks that are carrying hazardous materials are required to use the pass instead of the tunnel. Photo taken: September 6, 2013, at Loveland Pass in Colorado.

From my front door this past Spring. Photo taken: March 17, 2018. Photo © Tom Gatermann

August 21, 2005. Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Looking toward a curve on route SD-240, near Fossil Exhibit Trail Head in Badlands National Park. Photo © Tom Gatermann

November 10, 2007. Cleveland, Missouri. BNSF 9977 is the lone unit on the point of this coal train that is traveling south on the Kansas City Southern's Pittsburg Subdivision. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

November 12, 2007. Atherton, Missouri. With some fall colors framing the railroad crossing, BNSF 4095 leads a train west on the Marceline Subdivision. The train is crossing Atherton-Sibley Road. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

March 13, 2004. Chicago, Illinois. A CTA Blue Line train heads east down the center of Interstate 90, at North Canfield Avenue. The Blue Line runs between O'Hare International Airport, downtown Chicago, and the Forest Park transportation center. Photo © Tom Gatermann

Crossing Gates at Sunset August 4, 2006. South of Valmeyer, Illinois. As the sun sets, the crossing gates at KK Road on the UP's Chester Subdivision stand guard. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

Green Line Train Crossing I-90 MBTA 3675 leads a Green Line train outbound , above Interstate 90 (I-90) on the B Branch. The train is heading westward toward the area around Boston University. Photograph taken: June 3, 2017, at Boston, Massachusetts.

Overpass - John Hancock Tower - Boston, MA Looking out at the John Hancock Tower from near Storrow Dr and Charlesgate, along the Charles River. Photograph taken: June 3, 2017, at Boston, MA.

MBTA 3645 - Boston, MA MBTA 3645 (a Kinki-Sharyo Type 7 LRV) leads a Green Line train westward down Commonwealth Avenue on the B Branch . The train is passing over Interstate 90 and is heading toward the Boston University area. Photograph taken: June 3, 2017, at Boston, Massachusetts.

MBTA Green Line trains, running on the B Branch, pass each other at the Intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Essex Street, above Interstate 90. Photo taken: June 3, 2017. Boston, Massachusetts.

Lightning - Filley, NE With rain falling in the distance, a lightning bolt arcs through the stormy Nebraska sky above US 136. This storm put on an amazing display of lightning. Photo taken: April 29, 2010. Filley, Nebraska.