Grade crossing

Barboursville, Virginia 

The Trackside Photographer

Sometimes the story is not in the big, dramatic aspects of railroading. Photographer Steve Crise finds the beauty and interest in small artifacts from a bygone time. It's a lesson in "Macro vs Micro." Click here to read the complete article.

The Trackside Photographer is the website dedicated to the railroad landscape.

Grade crossing

McGaheysville, Virginia 

Grade crossing

Bunker Hill, West Virginia 

Concrete fabrication

Martinsburg, West Virginia 

Empty factory

Martinsburg, West Virginia 

Walking home

Martinsburg, West Virginia 

The Trackside Photographer

In the early years of the 20th century, a town grew up in the Southern Timber Belt around a sawmill and the railroad. The sawmill closed in 1936, but the railroad still runs through this central Mississippi town. Click here to read "Railroad Town: Bude Mississippi"

The Trackside Photographer is the website dedicated to the railroad landscape.

Orchard & Farm Supplies

Martinsburg, West Virginia 

Why Pay More

Clear Brook, Virginia 

Winchester & Western Freight

Winchester, Virginia 

Winchester & Western RR EMD GP9 #709 rolls past the former Baltimore & Ohio station in Winchester, Virginia in March, 2016. The station was built in 1893.

Rescue Mission

Winchester, Virginia 

The Trackside Photographer

 On July 4th, 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant dedicated a new bridge in St. Louis, Missouri.  John Marvig recently visited the historic structure and  brings us the story of this iconic engineering marvel.. After nearly 150 years,  trains still cross the Mississippi River on The Eades Bridge.

Click here to read the full article on The Trackside Photographer, the website dedicated to the railroad landscape.

Around back

Winchester, Virginia 

The colors of age

Broadway, Virginia 

Late sunlight

Warren County, Virginia 

Overlook in fog and rain . . .

Shenandoah National Park - Virginia

Old store building

McGaheysville, Virginia

The Trackside Photographer

In 1971 a major earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley of California. Gordon Glattenberg was on hand to record the damage to the Southern Pacific's infrastructure in the area and shares with us what he found in the wake of the earthquake.

Click here to read about it on The Trackside Photographer, the website dedicated to the railroad landscape.

Grade Crossing

Louisa, Virginia 

Live Bait

Louisa, Virginia 

Gate

Maplewood Cemetery - Gordonsville, Virginia

Flag

Broadway, Virginia 

Plant

Marshall, Virginia 

I had intended to title this post "Graffiti" but in this small size picture it is difficult to make out the graffiti, which is somewhat improbably scrawled on the top of the tower right of center. I have no idea how the taggers got up there.

Have a down-to-earth weekend, and thanks for reading Photography in Place.