This was a shot I took from the fireman's seat of the Hill Country Flyer during Railfair 2003. We are approaching our restored depot at Burtram, TX at track speed, train orders in the hoop. The folks at the depot are passengers on the Burtram turn for the most part. I have already passed their train in the siding to the right of the main line I am running on. The conductor of the Burnet Turn, Charlie Wymola, is flagging the road crossing for me. We were hauling about 300 passengers this trip. The track we run on is very hilly, with a ruling grade of 2 percent. This means that for every 50 feet of track, there is a 1-foot rise or fall in the elevation. On an average train, when we are descending a 2 percent grade, the wheels of the rear car are even with the top of the locomotive.