Rusted Car
It's an old, rusted railroad car. The colors in the afternoon light really made it stand out along the roadway. I enjoy old movies set on trains. Some like it Hot, Murder on the Orient Express, some Laurel and Hardy flick that I can't remember and a couple of Miss Marple detective adventures are a few that come quickly to mind. I guess it's the nostalgia mixed in with a little bit of intrigue. But why the longing? I really don't know. Other than the T in Boston countless times and the subway in NYC, I've really only been on three trains rides in my life. That trip that left Portland's old Union Station to see the Roy Rogers' Rodeo in Boston, a sightseeing trip to Washington DC via South Station in Boston and a day trip on the AmTrak Downeaster to walk the Freedom Trail in Boston are the extent of my 'life on trains'. So why the big pull to watch train movies? Maybe I need some counseling to discover my 'inner' train.
Oh yeah, and that movie called the TRAIN about saving art on a train during the world war 2. Great movie.
ReplyDeleteYou just like looking at some people's cabooses.....that's what I think.
You didn't mention "Strangers on a Train" which I have a shadow memory of watching as a kid. I checked Wiki for the summary, don't remember a thing about the plot but recall that I thought Farley Granger was really "groovy!"
ReplyDeleteGetting goosebumps on this one!
ReplyDeleteTrains are very exciting, it's true. Especially when they had coal burning locomotives.
ReplyDeleteBirdman -- Oh great shot of an aging old rail-car. In my youth there was a rail-car that had been turned into a restaurant in a nearby town that I always wanted to eat in but my parents said no. Goes to show that rail cars can be attractive to folks no matter if it is for eating or riding -- or living -- like in the movie, Harold and Maude. -- barbara
ReplyDeleteA neat photo. Oops, these days I should say "cool photo." Actually, I think your problem is much deeper. Or, as any competent shrink would say, "Dear BM, you are a train wreck!" Heh, heh!
ReplyDeleteTrain rides are very sexy, I loved the trip on the Eurostar..mind you it was taking me to Paris, enough said!!!
ReplyDeleteIf you came up in a small town, the train station and railroad was t he center of all big activity. When we were kids, we knew what time the trains got in and we would go to the station to see who was riding, what got downloaded (mail mostly I think), and then it took off crashing and thundering along. The soldiers would take the train to camp after a leave, newly weds would use it for a honeymoon in a bigger town/city. There is a train that goes through our town late every night, and I hear it and always wish I was riding!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories!
Jo
I can understand.
ReplyDeletei've ridden the el in chicago and the subway in nyc, but never took amtrak or anything else.
ReplyDeleteI think you just saved yourself a counseling fee & found your Inner Train on your own! My guy is a "train buff" & I admit I like riding the rails...
ReplyDeleteI used to love to travel with trains through Europe, a suspended time , like a bubbble for rest and reflection between two places ; I like the mood of your picture.
ReplyDeleteI share your fascination. I've had the pleasure of riding trains in Europe and loved every minute of it. When I was working in Chicago, I took the train to Quincy (my home town) a couple of times but it took 4 hours so it wasn't very convenient. I think I could have driven faster than that. My favorite train ride is the one from London to Paris under the channel. That one is a great experience.
ReplyDeleteI too am drawn to old, rusted, dilapidated things. Trains are somehow sad to me when they're like this. I like to ride on trains.
ReplyDeleteI love a train ride and took many of them as a child but not so many lately.
ReplyDeleteColor? Check. Form? Check. Weathering? Check. Yes, I like it.
ReplyDeleteI'm enamored by rust!
ReplyDeleteMarvelous shot.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking again. Those are beautiful windows!
ReplyDeleteI could live in that if it was cleaned out it would actually be pretty fun it could be a cool little fort
ReplyDeleteBirdman,
ReplyDeleteWhere was this shot of the rusty railroad car taken?
Birdman,
ReplyDeleteWhere was this shot of the rusty railroad car taken?