Ouachita Nightfall | Descending the Rich Mountain grade in the heart of the Ouachita Mountains, a southbound coal train passes through the community of Eagleton, AR on a cool Saturday, November 25, 2023 evening. Eagleton and the surrounding area is seen here from the Eagleton Vista overlook on the Talimena National Scenic Byway which runs 54 miles from Talihina, OK to Mena, AR.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
