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Give this brown color, hsl(36, 73%, 10%), it's clear that if we desaturate 40 steps and lighten 70 steps we get hsl(36, 33%, 80%), a cream color. You might even hear whispers of us planning to sneak of to someplace such as Ely, Nevada or even down to Durango for our steam train fix while crowds swarm the Big Boy or back up plans for us to visit Promontory Summit ourselves on say May 17 to avoid the May 10th crowd.HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminosity) allows us to describe meaningful relationships between colors. But don't be surprised if you do see any of us locals at any of these events, we might look tired, flustered and frankly a bit overwhelmed. Or while in Salt Lake City stop by Red Iguana 2 and eat lunch on the patio, trust me.). Heck, I am sure the local buisness will eat it all up to, some of those small towns are pretty isolated and might enjoy the quick revenue boost from such a giant railfan crowd (my recommendation? After visiting Promontory Summit swing up to Perry, Utah and try the Maddox Steakhouse.

You know it means something when the politicians and the choirs and the buses all descend on the Summit to play up the crowd in town for the event. Sure the state tourism boards are super happy to see the crowd coming. My point is, we are somewhat afraid our secrets will 'go public,' that somehow the crowds will make it less special for us, that rather than being able to enjoy the festivities in our own state we will be forced to become hosts to a largely outsider crowd. Imagine Radiator Springs from the Cars films, and then imagine how the locals felt when hundreds of reports swarmed the town to find Lightning McQueen (strange analogy, I know.). coming to see Big Boy and the May 10th proceedings in Promontory? It scares us. but to wade through a crowd of people from across the nation. Its one thing to stand in a small photoline with a few friends and some locals who came out to see 844 or something. But the image of thousands of outsider railfans descending on our spots and our hallowed locations just feels a bit, violating to be honest. I have spent overnight trips with railfan friends, eating breakfasts in dinners in obscure towns such as Milford, or taking friends to eat at the local dives in my hometown. We sometimes have our out of state visitors sure, who have seemed to have become part of the local family.

About the only corner of the state truly foreign to us is the distant Desert Power Railway, something all of us have on our bucket lists to see but somehow keep forgetting to actually make plans to head out to see it.Īnd when we explore these places, its as a small close knit group. Its everywhere, shows up in all our pictures, and makes us yearn for the day when Utah was a true 'Crossroads' were not only the UP, but the SP, DRGW and WP all joined together in a great patchwork across the state. And all in all, we are sick of UP yellow.

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We also know the hidden wonder of watching an old SD or GP series unit crawling along jointed rail on the isolated Cache Valley and Malad Branches.

We know that the desert line the former LASL traveled is a hidden scenic wonder, from the flat dry plain to the juniper pine crested hills. Break down in a car far away from the highway, without water or shade or cell service and quickly things can turn into a survival situation. The old SP and WP lines are stunning in isolation, but have some danger to them due to the high desert sparesness. Echo Canyon, while gorgeous is often over-rated. The Utah Railway which was once a mighty coal hauler is now a switching service basically on the whim of BNSF. We know that while Soldier Summit looks great, it sees very limited traffic these days. That's sort of how our community is, small but tight nit. I have railfanned side by side with a lot of the lcoal photographers, and have made good friends with them. People often talk about James Belmont for example as some railfan photography great, but to me he is just the guy I see trackside sometimes and watch as he shares silly memes between himself and Mark Hemphill on Facebook. While Utah is often treated as a holy grail of railfanning by outsiders, we know sort of a more secluded and local railfan style. I think a lot of us local railfans are scared of May 2019 now. Its not some great journey for me to drive the hour to Ogden and the hour and a half to Promontory Summit.