Mors ac dissolutio
Monday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
It was a warm summer morning which greeted a humble narrator, one recent day, and it saw me revisiting a now familiar section of Pittsburgh’s Great Allegheny Passage Trail. The turnaround point this morning’s efforts would be the Whitaker Flyover rail bridge, a location which has often proved fruitful in terms of there being abundances of locomotive traffic observable in past outings. Well, I also like it, at least.
This was a short walk, and I enjoyed all three hours of it despite it being a very ‘summery’ day, even as early as 11:00 a.m. or so. Humid, shvitzy, strong sun – it was that sort of morning. Feh. The afternoon was solidly booked up with mundane pursuits, so my morning hours were precious.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
That’s a Norfolk Southern train in the shot above, heading through Munhall, and then continuing on its way through Homestead in the direction of downtown Pittsburgh. It was pretty far away, this train, but that’s where that new lens I’ve been using comes in handy.
I soon broke away from the ‘official’ trail for a bit, and walked along the rail access road, hoping for a shot to materialize before me. A couple caught my eye, but nothing truly novel or obscene appeared.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
For instance, that shot above is one which I seem compelled to capture every time I’m here, depicting the Rankin Bridge overflying a set of four rail tracks. The locomotive hardware in the shot above was static and being stored in between missions.
Tomorrow – more ‘Choo Choo.’
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Have you checked out the super-sketchy, crumbling, overgrown trail at the bottom of the southern end of the Whitaker Flyover that leads uphill to River Rd near the southern end of the Rankin Bridge?
Franklin Chen
August 26, 2024 at 2:15 pm
I haven’t but my interest is piqued
Mitch Waxman
August 26, 2024 at 3:24 pm