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ottergoose

Post subject: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:00 am

Joined: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:38 pm
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Location: Hudson, WI

Yes, Hudson is considered part of the Twin Cities Metro Area.

In any event, I had a great day watching trains today. I made it to Dayton's Bluff around 7:00. Here are photographic highlights:

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More coming soon...

Also, I ran into a really helpful guy, I think his name was Dave Patrekus (sp?). He had a big pile of useful information to tell me... if I can remember half of it, I should be in pretty good shape.

I made it over to Northtown and didn't see the Vomit Bonnet... oh well.

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foss0244

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:31 am

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Nice job!

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busyemt

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:16 am

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Great day to railfan and awesome catch with the geo car!

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ottergoose

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:22 pm

Joined: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:38 pm
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Location: Hudson, WI

Thanks for the Kudos guys... the Barge shot and geometry car are the number 2 and number 3 shots of the day on railpictures.net... :shock:

It'd be awesome if I got a shot on the front page... would be the first time it ever happened.

This shot of a also got accepted.

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MilwaukeeroadMatt

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:19 pm

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Location: Minneapolis MN

Great job and congrats on the pics not bad for your first day :!:

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ncmalen

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:09 pm

Joined: Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:51 pm
Posts: 265
Location: Chanhassen, MN

Nick, congrats on your first day out and welcome again back to the Twin Cities!

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railtalk

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:02 pm

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Joined: Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:11 am
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Location: Cass Lake, Minnesota

THERE IS A NEW KID IN TOWN!!

Wow... your latest work in the Twin Cities is not only some of your best work, its some of the best stuff I've seen coming out of the Twin Cities for a while.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=240186
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=5705

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busyemt

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:12 pm

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Location: Minneapolis

Did I miss the bragging for POTW on RailPictures??? http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=240186 This bridge has been gold for rail photographers and recognition at RP.net!

Keep up the great work.

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foss0244

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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:11 pm

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Mike B.

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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:04 pm

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busyemt

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:20 pm

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Actually,

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brahamfireman

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:26 pm

Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:18 pm
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Location: Formerly M.P. 97 on The BNSF Hinckley sub.

Aaron I think your holds the most value since you got what is normally a rejected photo, the going away shot, and made it a POTW. I like all of them though.

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ottergoose

Post subject: Re: First day railfanning as a resident of the Twin Cities

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:15 am

Joined: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:38 pm
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Location: Hudson, WI

I think there are more than enough lovely angles to capture in this town for everyone - all of you guys have been demonstrating that for quite a while (and getting me excited to move back). I had a good day so far as taking pictures went, but it was just going out and capturing angles that you all had shot before. That said, I certainly appreciate the comments and recognition - I do take my photography pretty seriously.

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