While the golden early morning October Sunlight is pouring over the top of the steel rails - CSX train Q500 powered by a pair of BNSF run-through locomotives is racing westward through the quiet Amish countryside of Northern Indiana towards its final destination of Chicago. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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This image of an Amish buggy crossing the CSX double track mainline was taken just before Sunrise not far from Gravelton, Indiana. Amish families from Pennsylvania started to migrate into this area around 175 years ago and there is still a countless number of tidy Amish farms with houses and barns of white, perfect flower gardens and well kept fields of crops throughout the nearby countryside. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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Just a mere sliver of clear sky on the eastern horizon shortly after Sunrise made for some incredible light on this old farm near Hamilton, Wisconsin the morning of October 15th, 2010 – But the beauty of this scene would only last a few brief moments as dark clouds quickly raced in from the west devouring the Sun for the remainder of the day. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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The last Sunlight of October 23rd, 1999 reflects off of a Union Pacific train of coal empties as they roll west near Creston, Illinois - after a great day of photography its now time to get on I-39 north and head back home to Wisconsin. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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Just after the misty Sunrise of September 18th, 2014 and approaching Gravelton in northern Indiana farm country - the BNSF 1053 is leading a westbound CSX train of 103 glistening empty tank cars on their way back towards Chicago. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

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