Today we tried to take the Santa Cruz Beach Train from Roaring Camp to Santa Cruz and back.
FIGURE 1 Here comes the train! FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 55.0 mm, F5.7, 1/190 s, ISO 400.
FIGURE 2 The Tuolumne, a two-truck Heisler geared steam locomotive, minding its own business. FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 55.0 mm, F5.7, 1/125 s, ISO 100.
FIGURE 3 Lots of cool trees. FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF23mmF4 R LM WR, 23.0 mm, F5.7, 1/407 s, ISO 3200.
FIGURE 4 FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 55.0 mm, F1.7, 1/44 s, ISO 1000.
Oh no, it derailed!
FIGURE 5 A bogie on the first carriage derailed. FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 55.0 mm, F4, 1/44 s, ISO 2500.
We had to wait about 35 minutes for another locomotive to come and pull us back to where we started from.
FIGURE 6 Waiting in the forest for backup to arrive. FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 55.0 mm, F2.8, 1/72 s, ISO 100.
Hooray, locomotive 2641 came to our rescue!
FIGURE 7 Locomotive 2641. FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 55.0 mm, F5.7, 1/204 s, ISO 1250.
FIGURE 8 Connecting our train to locomotive 2641. FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF55mmF1.7 R WR, 55.0 mm, F5.7, 1/204 s, ISO 3200.
FIGURE 9 Trees on the way back. FUJIFILM GFX100S with GF23mmF4 R LM WR, 23.0 mm, F4, 1/204 s, ISO 800.
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.
