i plan to visit Feb 28- March 1 and then to Vegas. i will also will visit Daggett. i have shot photos from the second floor of the Harvey house and i have been up in the yard tower,great photo location,dates me? do crew changes take place off Pierce or Crooks ave? does Avenue H get me close enough to get photos of units in the area of the storage tracks? i have a 10X zoom which does help me keep off BNSF property.
I was in Barstow in July as a side trip from Lost Wages. I was new to the area and did most of my picture taking from the Amtrak station. I also did some shooting from the bluff that overlooks the yard throat. The bluff can be reached from Hillside Drive after a bit of a climb over some rocky terrain. I used a 200mm lens from the bluff which worked quite nicely. Do keep in mind that you're still in the middle of the **** desert. (Apologies to Elliot Gould from "Ocean's 11").
There is a place I go to that is elevated & gives you a wonderful view of the signal bridges, aux yard & mainline tracks
Used the Quality Inn which is on East Main St as your landmark
Turn left out of the parking lot & proceed on Main Street to Yucca St. Hang a right on Yucca. U will cross over the train tracks & where the road ends make the left. Proceed on this road only about 100/200' your landmark will be the junkyard on the right & right past the junkyard hang a left onto a overhang that will take you to the tracks. This location as a guideline for U iis about 1 mile east of the Harvey House which you can see from the overhang. Here is a video of the view from there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOtm9dlNRhI
Another place if you have long lenses is in West Barstow where the SF & LA lines merge. Going west it will be just before Hwy 58.
Santa Fe Rail i plan to visit Feb 28- March 1 and then to Vegas. i will also will visit Daggett. i have shot photos from the second floor of the Harvey house and i have been up in the yard tower,great photo location,dates me? do crew changes take place off Pierce or Crooks ave? does Avenue H get me close enough to get photos of units in the area of the storage tracks? i have a 10X zoom which does help me keep off BNSF property.
Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
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