Today's train

Today was wondering if KJRY was going to run west today and sure enough they were. I head it off just west of Canton and film plus photograph it but didn't have the gas to go elsewhere.  After that went and fed Frankengoose and the Canada Geese.  The train made my morning though I kind of suspected it would the past few weeks they have run on Mondays.



















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