Archive for May 3rd, 2024
Western Maryland Yard, in West Virginia
Friday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The Patomac River flows through Maryland’s Cumberland, providing a border between it and neighboring Ridgeley in West Virginia. Driving along a local street between the two municipalities, the Google Maps navigation app on my phone was continually announcing ‘Welcome to Maryland’ followed by ‘Welcome to West Virginia’ and then ‘Welcome to Maryland’ again.
One of the things I wanted to get a shot or three of on this day trip was the rail yard used by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, which is found on the West Virginia side of the river.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
There were a couple of people working, and I got these shots by focusing through a hole in the fencelines. I’m planning on buying a ticket to ride alomg with them on one of the regularly scheduled ‘heritage rides’ they offer, when their summer schedule starts up again. The historic trains roll between Cumberland and Frostburg in Maryland, and the tracks travel through the rolling hills of the Laurel Highlands. Should be a cool experience, I think, and maybe a few pretty pictures.
Adventure, excitement… a Jedi craves not these things. I, of course, am no Jedi. If anything, I lean a bit towards Sith, or at least I wear a lot of black clothes. Emperor Palpatine seems like a nice happy guy, as he’s always laughing. That’s the sort of bloke whom I’d like to hang out with, happy people who laugh a lot, and can coincidentally shoot lightning out of their fingertips. Besides, the Jedi are kind of preachy.
I know… nerd.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
I soon packed up my camera gear and got ‘road lunch’ at McDonald’s.
One then stopped off at a gas station and topped off the car’s gas tank, not because I was empty but instead because I was curious to see what sort of actual gas consumption the Mobile Oppression Platform had incurred over the course of roughly 130 miles of driving (mostly highway). Three and a bit gallons, as it turned out, and according to the car’s diagnostics – I was rolling about at 40.8 mpg. Gotta hand it the engineers of the Toyota Hybrid engine department, that’s better than advertised.
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