About the Cover

 

This train has been featured here before, but there is a twist with this month's header, an attempt to be artsy.  I got very close with the header, and there was a nice reflection of the sun on the jet black paint.

The photo was taken in the late fall, but I can get away with it for January because it's tight enough to be weather neutral.  The giveaway is in the wide shot, with the two guys in warm weather attire on the right.

January can be a long, dark, cold, snowy month.  In my view, once you make it through January, you've made it through the worst of winter.