I was awakened by this one crawling up Hamburg Mountain behind my house, and jumped into clothes to find it. I shot down Rte 23, passing the train near Oak Ridge Reservoir.
First stop was Cozy Lake rd where the camera botched the approach of 3022. Things were better at Charlottesburg Rd (I've mistakenly called this Echo Lake Rd in the past, but that street begins on the east side of Rt 23) and then slightly less-so at the North Gate entrance to Smoke Rise.
The final stop was the bridge at Oak St in Oakland, but lighting was so terrible, there's little to see but the lights of the loco. :(
Everything in the 4 minute video above was shot in a single chase along approx. 20 miles of rail, starting around 3AM that morning.
jwramc 1 month ago