Hereford, Texas

 

 

 

 

Railfanning Hereford is as easy as driving down U.S. Route 60, which parallel's the BNSF line through town. There is a city park, next to the old AT&SF station where one can watch the trains go by all day. The station is still active railroad property, so stay off of that. The park is very small and has no bathroom facilities, but there are plenty of places nearby for that. The trains are plentiful, the park comfortable, and the weather usually sunny.
These pictures were taken by my friend Kim (Canon 40D), who is very methodical. Notice how she photographed all the main elements of her last picture before combining them into one composition. She did all that in a very short time frame, as the locomotive in the last photograph is the trailing engine from the train in the first photograph. When you can jump out of a car, at a strange location, and do that kind of work in just a few minutes, you can rightfully call yourself a photographer. I, on the other hand, am not a photographer, not yet.