THERE'S SOMETHING CALMING ABOUT WATCHING TRAINS.

Power Line's Steven Hayward thinks so.

So as we settle in to what I’m calling The Great Hunkering Down, it appears I may have acquired a mild form of a non-contagious hobby to pass the time: trainspotting. Lately on my late afternoon walks when I’m working at my temporary residence (long story) down in central coast wine country, I’ve taken to walking along a dirt road parallel to the train tracks around the time the daily northbound Amtrak Coast Starlight (which I sometimes ride up to the Bay Area) rolls through. I am surprised at how often it seems to run on time these days; it has a reputation for running hours late all too often.

He's also using a remote-controlled camera (at least I hope it is a remote-controlled camera) to get pictures of the trains rolling above the camera, and more recently, meeting on either side of the camera.