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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 807812" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>This afternoon's Train P85, a "local" that serves various industries along the line.  I had good light until another round of dark clouds moved in behind me.  The 9864 is a GE Dash 9-44CW packing 4,400 HP.  More geeky railroad trivia -- the fresnel lenses in railroad signals greatly intensify the light and they are carefully aimed with elevation and position to strike the Engineman's eyes so as to be certain they're seen.  This is not new; it's been done this way for 90 years now.  [D5100]</p><p></p><h2>[ATTACH=full]393598[/ATTACH]</h2></blockquote><p></p>