Great morning photos, Matthew! Though I live a three-hour-drive south, a couple days beforehand I looked up the WeatherBugŪ prediction for Saturday in the Eatonville, WA area which showed just another ho-hum dry, sunny day that we'd been having for most of the summer and early fall. While the continuation of this very uncharacteristic Pacific Northwest weather pattern was enjoyed by many of the locals, I was concerned that it wasn't going to provide much variety during the long day for you photographers. How wrong WeatherBugŪ turned out to be!

The morning fog was really representative of what was encountered on PNW logging railroads "back in the day". It also provided the moisture on the rails which made things a bit slippery as you noticed. Then came the brilliant sunshine and finally a few rain squalls to provide more variety for your photos. I do wish that for your night photos that the railing on the bridge over Roundtop Creek had been on the upstream side so that the 17's wheels and rods would have been more visible.

I really enjoyed running the Hammond 17 for you that day. Your charter certainly provided a lot a variety for our crew and was a welcome variance to the standard Elbe-Mineral turns.

Do come back again!