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A Composite collection of moody photos taken at Elvas tower area in the fall of 1995 displays mostly sunsets. This I guess represents the start of the sun setting on an era of railroading that will never be again. In about four years from this moment, the tower will close and the mood will never be the same...

Box Car blows by the camera on a whispy evening, promising a beautiful sunset...

Construction equipment stored on the site is used by the maintenance gangs through out Northern California.

A spooky SD-40 crawls by under a soupy fall '95 sky.

Tripod the camera, lock down the shutter, and you have laser pointed locomotive heading into the Sacramento bound tracks of the Elvas wye.

Late in the afternoon an SP trademark tunnel motor locomotive rounds the east wye headed for Stockton and L.A. beyond.

This afternoon 8528 has the honors.

Don't let the mood of this picture fool you, the operator inside is up to his ears in allegators routing trains into and through the Sacramento area.

As this evening winds down the sunset takes it's many faces at the camera.

A week later, sunset at Brighton takes shape. This spot is overlooking Sacramento and is south of Elvas about 2 miles.

What else can I say?

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