Saturday, December 20, 2008 was a dark, cold and dysmal day weatherwise in Brinkley, Arkansas. Got a few trains, but it was so dark that I had to open the lens so much to view the trains, which made them blurry. It didn't help that they move at track speed past the Brinkley depot. I stayed after closing the museum until it was dark to get some night shots of the Christmas lights on the depot.  Temperatures were in the 40s during the day, but a strong Arctic cold front moved through that night, dropping temperatures into the lower 20s by dawn on Sunday, and by Monday morning, they were in the lower teens.  

Included today:
1) Christmas lights on the Brinkley Depot.
2) CSX 8456, 8317
3) NS 2583
4) UP 4390
5) 'Candy Cane' crossing gates at night


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LEFT-Still a faint glow of dayligt at about 5:30 p.m. RIGHT-Here's a time exposure of the crossing gates across US Highway 70 after dark. Almost looks like candy canes with a Christmas tree.


Totally dark now.


LEFT-A 2-second exposure, f4.5, looking north along the Jonesboro Sub. RIGHT-40-second exposure, f4.5, of the same scene.


LEFT-The museum's front door. RIGHT-CSX 8456, 9:51 a.m.


LEFT-This is with the automatic setting on my Panasonic DMC-DZ50 digital camera (Leica lens). It shows how dark it was December 20. RIGHT-UP 4390,  12:54 p.m.


LEFT-NS 2583, 1:10 p.m. On this dark day, these black locomotives blended with the sky really well. RIGHT-CSX 8317, 1:22 p.m.


Looking east along the Brinkley Sub toward West Memphis.

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