Freight 8602 and its 178 gas cars 拖著178車卡的8602編號列車

She ...
The freight no. 8602
Drags on with 178 gas tanks
Passing the wide prairies from afar
Climbing over the deep gorges and high lands
At Toronto Train Yard her journey finally ends

 I ...
With camera gadgets in a knapsack
Walk to the Finch Ave flyover
Beneath it are Toronto Train Yard tracks
Hoping to take her arriving snaps

Here ...
The muffled sound of the bell
Long across the sky she yells
In distance she moves like a snail
The three headlights glitter well
"She's coming" as they tell

She ...
Moves slowly and near
Stays on the cross-over of the track rear
Climbing down is a yellow-clothed engineer
He walks over to the switching gear
Turning the track to the right with shear
To lead her way into the train yard there

I ...
From the flyover where I stand
Gaze at the arriving busy tanks
Counting their move one after the other hasn't ended
From below I hear the sound of clickety click band

She ...
With her lengthy body looks tired
A freight of 178 cars has arrived
Moving swiftly like a wire
In 15 minutes of a while
The last 178th car passing beneath me still alive
Diminishes in the train yard far without a good-bye.

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Photo equipment:
Nikon D300s, Nikon GP-1 GPS
AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
Nikon Coolpix P7700
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她 ...
編號8602列車
拖著178卡的燃油
走過草原、爬過高山和峽谷
目的地是安省多倫多 

我 ...
背著攝影器材
走到芬治大道的天橋
橋下是多倫多火車廠的鐵道
想拍下遠方來客的一刻 

這 ...
一聲汽笛
劃過長空
鐵道的遠處
三盞明燈在車頭閃爍
原來是「她來了」 

她 ...
慢慢移動
終於停在鐵道交匯處後
穿黃衣的車手
走到轉軌器
將鐵道向右方移
引領她進入多倫多車廠

我 ...
在橋上
看著風塵滿佈的油卡
數不斷的一個接一個進入車廠
橋下車軌隆隆 

她 ...
帶著疲憊的身軀
拖著178油卡
蜿蜒移動
沿著彎道前進
15分鐘的一刻
第178尾卡在我腳下經過
默默消失在遠處的車卡群中

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#1: The Finch Ave flyover ...
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @80mm, f/10.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 200
芬治大道天橋下⋯

#2: The interlocking tracks
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @200mm, f/10.0, 1/500 sec, ISO 200
縱橫的鐵道

#3: The railroad control tower
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @145mm, f/10.0, 1/800 sec, ISO 200
鐵道控制塔

#4: Facing the monster, the roadside wildflowers are fragile, but strong enough to grow.
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @100mm, f/2.8, 1/8000 sec, ISO 200
面對龐然大物，路旁脆弱的野花，卻堅強地生長。

#5: Canadian Pacific Railway Toronto Yard
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @170mm, f/13.0, 1/125 sec, ISO 200
加拿大太平洋鐵路多倫多車廠

#6: Here a muffled sound of the bell, long across the sky she yells
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @80mm, f/13.0, 1/100 sec, ISO 200
汽笛一聲，劃過長空⋯

#7: "She's coming" as they tell
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @200mm, f/13.0, 1/100 sec, ISO 200
原來是「她來了」⋯

#8: She moves slowly and near, stays on the cross-over of the track rear...
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @200mm, f/13.0, 1/80 sec, ISO 200
她：慢慢移動，終於停在鐵道交匯處後⋯

#9: The three headlights glitter well
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @200mm, f/13.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 200
三盞明燈在車頭閃爍⋯

#10: Climbing down is a yellow-clothed engineer
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @200mm, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, ISO 400
穿黃衣的車手⋯

#11: Walks over to the switching gear
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @100mm, f/10.0, 1/200 sec, ISO 200
走到轉軌器⋯

#12: Turning the track to the right with shear
Nikon Coolpix P7700 @42.8mm, 193mm (35mm equivalent), f/8.0, 1/800 sec, ISO 6400
將鐵道向右方移⋯

#13: To lead her way into the train yard there
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @200mm, f/8.0, 1/200 sec, ISO 400
引領她進入車廠⋯

#14: She moves slowly and near
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @92mm, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, ISO 400
她慢慢移動⋯

#15: From the flyover where I stand, I gaze at the busy tanks.
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @80mm, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 400
我在橋上，看著風塵滿佈的油卡⋯

#16: Their move one after the other hasn't ended. From below I hear the sound of clickety click bands.
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @80mm, f/8.0, 1/200 sec, ISO 400
一個接一個進入車廠，橋下車行軌隆隆⋯

#17: She, with her lengthy body looks tired. A freight of 178 cars has arrived, moving swiftly like a wire.
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @80mm, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, ISO 400
帶著疲憊的車身，拖著178油卡，蜿蜒移動，沿著彎道前進⋯

#18: In 15 minutes of a while, the last 178th car passing beneath me still alive.
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @105mm, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 400
15分鐘，第178尾卡在我腳下經過⋯

#19: Diminishes in the train yard far and wide.
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @80mm, f/13.0, 1/160 sec, ISO 200
消失在遠處的車卡群中

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