When I found out months ago that Ernest had a drone at his disposal we planned to get together some Saturday afternoon and today was the day!
We met at the Irvin Bridge in the Spokane Valley to do our test of drone railfanning, Ernest is looking at the computer screen in hopes of blocking the sun's
glare on the screen.
Some ex-BNSF engineer retired guy named Keith Wiles joined us but none of the passing railroaders waved at us.
If the BNSF cops caught us we figured we could run faster than Keith so went the theory. It wasn't necessary.
Here's the launch of the spy drone taking off as we heard the whistle of a train for the nearby grade crossings.
Four motors and a good camera lens as Ernest aimed it at the tracks and bridge.
Our first train was a single unit local coming back to Parkwater from the Industrial Park in the valley.
The next target was an eastbound oil train heading back to North Dakota for a refill. The hopper car
is a spacer between the locos and the tank cars just in case something goes wrong. The drone is in
the air but I can't see it against the blue sky. By the way no smoke to get in the way today. Video to follow?
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