Lights, Locomotive, Action!

Getting the sun, the earth and a train to align for a perfect shot

Bob Krist

Updated June 30, 2016

One of my favorite things to do in between trips is to find photographic projects that are close to home. If I don’t have to lug my stuff through airports, on and off airplanes and in and out of taxis, I have that much more energy to make pictures.

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Originally Published March 10, 2009

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