Foggy Mountain Breakthrough
The Western Maryland steam locomotive #734 was pulling an excursion freight on a chilly foggy autumn morning in Maryland, headed for Brushy Tunnel. As the locomotive rounded a corner at full steam, the sun broke through the clouds and fog and made a surreal photo opportunity, lighting up the steam, smoke, the fall colors of the trees, and just turning the scene into a beautiful panorama of the might of the locomotive and the majesty of nature. I recognized through the viewfinder that it was going to be an amazing photo. The scene was taken in fall 2012.