Abandoned Train

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted October 26, 2010563 views7 comments

Olympus E-500, 14-54mm at 54mm, handheld
f8, /1640, ISO200

The rusting remains of the 1907 Council City and Solomon Railroad, 40 miles east of Nome, Alaska on the Seward Peninsula. in 2005, a severe winter storm tore the walkway and viewing platform from its footings, and jammed it up against the train. The rusting and rotting remains continue to sink into the boggy terrain. The Solomon River estuary is in the background.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Hank Pennington on October 26, 2010 at 3:38 PM

I've always loved the prospect of this train in the tundra as "testimony" to past and future follies. But this view including the walkway is certainly the most effective I've seen. Talk about superposing the new and the old!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 26, 2010 at 10:55 PM

It's incredible how many things man has left to rot out in nature. I'm no longer surprised when I find a car deep in the woods which is sad. I guess "out of site, out of mind" applies all too often.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 26, 2010 at 11:05 PM

Jim, It's so sad what we do to our environment and in this case, I'm sure folks somewhere along the line simply said, "It was cost too much to remove it; let it remain!"

Carol

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 2, 2010 at 6:40 PM

Jim excellent shot for the week's theme - and congrats on the WP!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on November 3, 2010 at 1:38 AM

A testimony to the power of Nature. In the end she usually wins. Fabulous shot, Jim; and congratulations on the EP for it.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 3, 2010 at 4:22 PM

Very interesting shot and story, I was wondering when I first looked at the picture what happend to the walk way, well done.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 4, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Congrats Jim, well done

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