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A hot day on the Strasburg Rail Road, August 2016

With temperatures in the low 90s, and humidity to match, I have rarely spent a hotter and muggier day at trackside; the storm that blew through in mid-afternoon did nothing to break either the heat or the humidity, but the pictures came out just fine anyway -- all of them made with my then-brand-new Tamron 15-30mm wide-angle lens.

90 with storm coming 1
11 am train leaving East Strasburg
1 pm train approaching Paradise Lane
2 pm train westbound off Long Curve
90 with storm coming 2
Storm coming
Ride on 4 pm train 1
Ride on 4 pm train 2
Late-running Amtrak 670 at Leaman Place
Late-running Amtrak 670 at Leaman Place
Ride on 4 pm train 3
Ride on 4 pm train 4
Ride on 4 pm train 5
5 pm train westbound at Cherry Crest
Darin Esterly switching
Brent Lefever and Patrick Plummer switching
7 pm train westbound above Groundhog Cut

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