Here's a time-exposure of the "Coast Cans" (tank-car train carrying oil from San Ardo) as it noisily speeds by at about 35-40mph past Cal Poly's campus (although the detector claimed that it was going "two, two, miles per hour" -- yeah right). A nearby streetlight provided the sickly amber glow. This train (so far) is quite unpredictable, making it a difficult subject to photograph.

October 1998