Trains Calendar- A Question For Mike Danneman

[blhanel]

I've got three train-related calendars pinned up to my cube walls here at work, which gives me three great photos to gaze at; I use them to display the current month and the next two months coming up.  One of the calendars is of course the 2008 Trains Magazine calendar, and it's currently displaying the month of September, which features a gorgeous shot taken by Mike Danneman of a CN stack train winding its way through the Black Canyon of the Thompson in British Columbia.  The question that arose in my mind is, Mike, how did you get that shot?  Aircraft?  A long hike up a steep hill?  Or is there a convenient roadside overlook?  Someday during a trip yet to be planned, my wife and I will be up in that area (her brother lives in Kelowna), and I'd love to get a shot of my own like that.

[nanaimo73]

Brian, I believe most pictures of Black Canyon are taken from the edge of a bench, some way from the highway. I've heard it is necessary to ask permission from the rancher that owns the property to access the vantage point.

Pictures I have seen are taken from this point looking north-
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=50.6620847&lon=-121.3118076&z=13&l=0&m=a&v=2

Other pictures of the Fraser and Thompson Canyons-
http://www.trainweb.org/chris/rocky1.html

[blhanel]

Thanks for the info, Dale.  I've been browsing thru the map/satellite view sites, and it appears that Canada isn't covered nearly as well as the USA- Google doesn't even show the rail lines or the river on their map!