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Hale-Bopp Comet over the West Switch at Solitude.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here’s one of my favorite signal photos! In March 1997, I was traveling with Mel Patrick. His superior knowledge of the movement of celestial bodies inspired a spirited drive across Utah’s desert highways in the early hours. We arrived at this location just as the signals lit for a train. I had just enough time to set up my Nikon F3T with f1.8 105mm Nikkor lens on my Bogen 3021 tripod. I exposed this on Fujichrome Provia 100 slide film. This photograph is a one of a kind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Happy New Years to you! May it be a great year for your photography.<\/p>\n

This comet photo is timely as this year I\u2019ll be authoring a book tentatively titled Classic Railroad Signals to be published by Voyageur Press. It will be a follow up to\u00a0Railroad Signaling<\/a>, that I wrote several years ago, and will feature a variety of classic American signal hardware<\/p>\n

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