Kissing trains

Two linked Kinki-Sharyo cars at the McClintock/Apache train station, going westbound.

Near some Rental apartments in a mixed use, transit oriented development near downtown Tempe, Arizona, from Gray Development. Adjacent to the McClintock/Apache train station on the Valley Metro light rail line.

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Union Pacific locomotive at the Illinois Railway Museum

Union Pacific engine at IRM

Originally uploaded by Steven Vance

Union Pacific is the oldest and largest operating railroad in the United States.

And they have beautiful train livery, like the one in this photo, seen at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. UP 18 is a gas turbine-electric locomotive the company donated to the museum.

From Wikipedia: “UP’s basic paint scheme for its diesel-electric locomotives is the oldest still in use by a major railroad. The bottom two-thirds of the locomotive body is painted Armour Yellow, so-named because it was the color used by the Armour meat company. A thin band of red divides this from the Harbor Mist Gray (a fairly light gray) used for the body and roof above that point.”

The photographer in me comes out once in a while

Every once in a while, I take a photo that looks pretty great, like I’m a photographer or something.

• caribb: “Nice shot.. increasing layers of buildings..”
• me “That’s the word I was looking for: layers. But it’s unclear where each layer starts and stops. And which buildings share a layer. Maybe each exists on its own – at least from this perspective.”
• caribb: “It’s really rare to see such perfect layering like this in a downtown core.. It’s almost like it was all planned out. Chicago is such an amazing city though I’m not surprised “