In a gentle curve, under an azure dome and against a backdrop of rusty autumn leaves, an intermodal train races west on Norfolk Southern’s ‘three main track’ —former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline at Cassandra, Pa.

The sun was over my right shoulder at an angle low enough to capture truck detail, but high enough to allow for a full-daylight exposure.

The zoom on my Nikon was set to 46mm, which nearly matches the field of vision of the avarage human eye.

This is nearly a perfect of image of modern freight railroading today. There were no complications caused by wayward clouds, rampaging graffiti artists, or unsightly shadows from random wires.

It was all good and preserved for posterity.

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