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The mystery of the unfinished, abandoned bridge
As we explored an old gravel alignment of Indiana State Road 46 in Clay County, we came upon these enormous bridge abutments. We stopped to look them over, and tried to figure out why they were there....
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Nikon F2 vs. Canon PowerShot S95
It always interests me to see how different cameras and lenses and films render the same scene at the same moment. You might remember that I recently visited an abandoned, never-finished railroad...
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Captured: On the Monon Trail
The Monon was a passenger and freight rail line that operated almost entirely within Indiana, with two main lines that intersected in a small northwestern Indiana town from which the railroad got its...
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A walking tour of historic New Augusta, Indiana
In the 1850s, commerce and prosperity arrived by rail across the United States. Railroads boomed in these years, with thousands upon thousands of track miles being built. Wherever rails were laid,...
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What fun songs do you remember singing as a child? Preacher Mike’s blog this morning quoted a line from an old song about trains that I learned in the second grade but haven’t thought about in years....
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single frame: Grand Trunk Western
Grand Trunk Western Minolta SR-T 101, 50mm f/1.7 MC Rokkor-PF Ferrania P30 Alpha 2018 I figured out how to read largely on my own starting at age 3. As we’d ride around in the car I’d read aloud the...
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single frame: My son at the old railroad bridge
My son at the old railroad bridgeMinolta XG 1, 50mm f/1.7 Minolta MDAgfa Vista 200 at EI 1002018 A lot of abandoned railroad infrastructure remains across our nation. As railroads consolidated and...
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single frame: Interurban overpass
Interurban overpassMinolta XG-1, MD Rokkor-X 45mm f/2Fujicolor 2002013 Electric trains called interurbans could take you to many Indiana cities in the early 20th century. At their peak, 111 traction...
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13 train tracks
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