re: #492 Walter L. Newton

I don’t know where they got a steam train running in the winter like that, but it certainly looks real. The shadows from the smoke seems spot on, the shadows from all other objects in the picture are proportional, and even the “melt” of the snow is all in the right direction, suggesting a afternoon southern sun (same direction as the shadows).

I think it’s real.

It’s real…

Photo ID: 177612 Photo of the Week People’s Choice 1

Locomotive:

Heber Valley Railroad
Steam 2-8-0
Location/Date of Photo:

Edwards Lane
Heber City, Utah, USA
February 06, 2007
Locomotive No./Train ID

618
Unknown Photographer:

Michael F. Allen
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Remarks: The secret is out, the Heber Valley is the place to be for winter steam photography! Annie Bruehl waits at the Edwards Lane crossing for UP 618 to pass by her completely original 1953 Buick.

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