Renewable vs Fossil Fuels
An ETR LPG tank train heads south on their branch towards their final destination of Texas Yard in Amherstburg, ON. Just after crossing the Canard River, ETR splits a large solar panel farm just north of Amherstburg. I thought this would be a good photo opportunity to get a unit tank train and a solar farm together in one shot (albeit they were empty cars going for storage so maybe renewable energy is winning here). A little context behind this photo since I am an honest person. I had to edit the living crap out of this shot because it was horribly over exposed. This was my first location after realizing they were heading south out of Ojibway (fairly infrequent run down here for ETR) and I needed to get gas first as my gas light actually came on before I even got track side. So after getting gas they had about a 10min lead on me which I couldn't regain right away because of speed traps through LaSalle on Front Road. When I got to the crossing their head end was about 10-15 cars from where they are in the photo, so I knew I couldn't use my 75-300. I made a very quick lens change (too quick) and the lens wasn't properly attached so I was unable to adjust the aperture properly. I still took the shot anyways in hopes I could save it (I also didn't know why I couldn't adjust my settings at the time) but it just looks like an old film photo now lol. Moral of the story, if you think you might go train watching make sure you gas up before hand. You never know what the railroad has in store for you! Also a quick history lesson. Some of the first battles of the War of 1812 were fought in this area with the first British casualties occuring in River Canard during the Battle of River Canard.
Train: ETR Extra with ETL 105 (SW1200) and ETL 104 (SW14).
ETR Branch (North Side Road)
River Canard (Amhersburg), ON.