Montour Trail at Library Junction
Monday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Recent endeavor found your humble narrator at the Library Junction section of Pittsburgh’s Montour Trail, taking a short walk on a very hot day. It was lovely, and one of the best kept sections of the ‘rail to trail’ setup which I’ve encountered. The surrounding countryside was suburban leaning into rural (there was an injured horse’s rehabilitation farm nearby).
Nothing in the way of sewer plants, running water, railroads, or anything else which most would consider as being ‘horrible,’ so I was a little bored on this section – to be honest.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
It was fiendishly hot out, and quite humid as well. One scuttled about two miles in and decidedly said ‘meh,’ then turned around to head back to the car. Sometimes you come home empty handed, photography wise. Other times you get lucky, but that’s the price of always seeking novelty, I guess.
My headphones were playing one of Dan Carlin’s ‘Hardcore History’ podcasts, specifically ‘Twilight of the Aesir,’ which discusses part of the struggles experienced by European cities during the ‘Vikings vs. Franks’ era of history.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
There was a bit of historic signage describing the function of this section of the Montour Railroad, click here for a photo of the sign if interested, but suffice to say for the ‘TLDR’ crowd: in 1918 there was a mine nearby, and the Montour RR outfit built a right of way here to service it, which also connected to the B&O RR’s right of way as well.
Back tomorrow with something different.
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Direct or suffused
Friday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
A humble narrator needs a break right about now, which is why single image posts depicting rail traffic observed in the greater Pittsburgh metro area will be greeting you all week.
Above is an Allegheny Valley Railroad train moving through a trenched set of tracks on Pittsburgh’s north side.
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Hot and cold
Thursday
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A humble narrator needs a break right about now, which is why single image posts depicting rail traffic observed in the greater Pittsburgh metro area will be greeting you all week.
Pictured above is a train set operated by the Union Railroad, switching tracks in the Munhall section of Pittsburgh.
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Throw and fill
Wednesday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
A humble narrator needs a break right about now, which is why single image posts depicting rail traffic observed in the greater Pittsburgh metro area will be greeting you all week.
Pictured above is a Wheeling & Lake Erie train set, captured about twenty miles outside of Pittsburgh’s municipal boundaries.
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Waves or particles
Tuesday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
A humble narrator needs a break right about now, which is why single image posts depicting rail traffic observed in the greater Pittsburgh metro area will be greeting you all week.
Above is a shot of two Norfolk Southern trains snaking through the South Side Slopes section of Pittsburgh.
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