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I did promise something new for today, and I meant from just a few days ago.  Last Sunday morning both my wife and I had a full day of respective tasks to accomplish around the house.  It was bitterly cold as I walked the dog, but I got the urge to play hooky from responsibility for the morning and find a few trains to photograph as the sky was perfectly clear.  I was mildly surprised when I got back and told Judy about my feelings that she agreed we should postpone our work and get out together for awhile.  I grabbed my camera bag while Judy gathered some reading material.  We started in the direction of Saginaw, and when we arrived at the Southern Avenue crossing just south of the diamonds a pair of light engines was approaching from the north.

With the wind chill I only stayed out of the Pilot long enough to get the shot.  I was warm again by the time a southbound autorack train showed up a few minutes later.  This was working out OK so far because with the low winter sun in the southern hemisphere, the light was best for southbounds and eastbounds in the morning.

Once the autorack had passed by, DS22 lined a loaded coal train off of the Wichita Falls Sub down towards Saginaw Yard.  We moved on up to McLeroy Boulevard and I zoomed out to 400mm to catch him trailing away back to the south leg of the Wye.

Now the radio came alive with the sounds of someone toning up the TRE dispatcher, whose territory is basically dormant on Sundays.  I stopped it from scanning, as this might get interesting……