Santa Cruz Beach Train

Today we tried to take the Santa Cruz Beach Train from Roaring Camp to Santa Cruz and back.

Here comes the train!
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FIGURE 1

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF55mmF1.7 R WR
Aperture
f/5.6
Shutter
1/180 s
ISO
ISO 400
Software
Digital Camera GFX100S Ver2.11
Date

Here comes the train!

The Tuolumne, a two-truck Heisler geared steam locomotive, minding its own business.
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FIGURE 2

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF55mmF1.7 R WR
Aperture
f/5.6
Shutter
1/120 s
ISO
ISO 100
Software
Digital Camera GFX100S Ver2.11
Date

The Tuolumne, a two-truck Heisler geared steam locomotive, minding its own business.

Lots of cool trees.
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FIGURE 3

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF23mmF4 R LM WR
Aperture
f/5.6
Shutter
1/400 s
ISO
ISO 3200
Software
Digital Camera GFX100S Ver2.11
Date

Lots of cool trees.

Interior of the train.
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FIGURE 4

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF55mmF1.7 R WR
Aperture
f/1.7
Shutter
1/42 s
ISO
ISO 1000
Software
darktable 4.7.0+646~g577447536b-dirty
Date

Interior of the train.

Oh no, it derailed!

A bogie on the first carriage derailed.
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FIGURE 5

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF55mmF1.7 R WR
Aperture
f/4.0
Shutter
1/42 s
ISO
ISO 2500
Software
Digital Camera GFX100S Ver2.11
Date

A bogie on the first carriage derailed.

We had to wait about 35 minutes for another locomotive to come and pull us back to where we started from.

Waiting in the forest for backup to arrive.
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FIGURE 6

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF55mmF1.7 R WR
Aperture
f/2.8
Shutter
1/70 s
ISO
ISO 100
Software
darktable 4.7.0+646~g577447536b-dirty
Date

Waiting in the forest for backup to arrive.

Hooray, locomotive 2641 came to our rescue!

Locomotive 2641.
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FIGURE 7

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF55mmF1.7 R WR
Aperture
f/5.6
Shutter
1/200 s
ISO
ISO 1250
Software
Digital Camera GFX100S Ver2.11
Date

Locomotive 2641.

Connecting our train to locomotive 2641.
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FIGURE 8

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF55mmF1.7 R WR
Aperture
f/5.6
Shutter
1/200 s
ISO
ISO 3200
Software
Digital Camera GFX100S Ver2.11
Date

Connecting our train to locomotive 2641.

Trees on the way back.
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FIGURE 9

Camera
FUJIFILM GFX100S
Lens
GF23mmF4 R LM WR
Aperture
f/4.0
Shutter
1/200 s
ISO
ISO 800
Software
darktable 4.7.0+646~g577447536b-dirty
Date

Trees on the way back.

In the end we didn’t get to go to Santa Cruz after all. We were too tired so we went home. They refunded our tickets.