Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The police officers had just walked off camera.
Ottumwa, Iowa. I step outside for a moment. In the jacket is Faye our Sleeping Car Attendant.
Ok, not much to see here. The cars are tall (two levels).
Flash+nighttime+snow=not much detail
When I got up Friday morning, we stopped briefly. In hindsight, this was Holdrege (explains the water tower).
Time exposure of lights going on in early morning darkness
Timer shot of me in my roomette. An identical chair is on the opposite wall, though that person would be facing back of train. Ceiling is actually higher; I've already lowered the upper bunk in this shot.
My bed - the upper berth swings down.
Self portrait, listening to tunes as we spin across the plains of Nebraska.
More roomette controls: from top: reading light, speaker volume, attendant call button, light switch for overhead light
As explained earlier (but less blurry) - reading light, temperature control, power outlet
Early Friday morning, the sun begins to rise
Too blurry, but THIS is McCook, Nebraska, showing that we're 4 hrs behind
McCook cars by station
Downtown McCook
Dawn comes to McCook, by hook.
So this is Nebraska. That may be a cell phone tower on left, but I'm in the Lounge car prior to breakfast so it does me no good.
Others peer at Nebraska's emptiness, in Lounge Car.
View from window out the back of the train. The window's coated with ice on the outside, except for a little jagged hole.
