In this photo I captured Light Pollution from Anchorage sandwiched in between the milky way and the glow of the northern lights to the right.

Crossing the tracks, looking west in Smalltown, America.

An outbound Metra Rock Island District train, bound for Joliet, passes through the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 200, f/6.3, 65mm, 1/640s

Led by vintage E-9 locomotives, an excursion train passes through Franklin Park, Illinois on the Canadian Pacific Railway line.

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 100, f/8.0, 30mm, 1/250s

Shot with the Olympus E-5 in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

Railroad track bridge over the Provo river during an epic sunset. This was a gorgeous scene that even my camera couldn't quite catch. The golden pines in the background and the shaded bridge created a contrast hard to photo.

Sunset over the Rocky Mountain Front Range along abandoned railroad tracks in Erie, Colorado.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

-B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Ballhead & Tripod

South England 2022

Queen Lane Station, Philadelphia

I have always tried to look at life as a journey. Some days the journey has been fun and exciting, but then, there are those days when the journey is scary and hard. In the end, no matter how the journey is going on any particular day, I try to look for the positives. Looking down these tracks I can see the beauty of the day, no matter how the journey is going.

The sun rises over the main railroad tracks that head out of Windsor, Ontario on their way to Toronto. Several times a day, Canada’s national rail service Via Rail, takes passengers back and forth to Canada’s largest city.

It was a very short, but brilliant, color season in northern New Hampshire this year. Everything went from blah to spectacular in a few days.

Sunrise on the tracks

Or...take 3, of the same scene! Again, this is the Mississippi River, as taken at Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The sunset isn't that dramatic, but I thought it was pretty with the mountains in silhouette, and the river shimmering in the light! Hope you enjoy!

Mississippi River

Trempealeau, Wisconsin

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Oh, the shots you can get while sitting at a railroad crossing! (Provided you are quick on the draw fumbling your iPhone out of a stuffed purse...)

One from the archives - I took this in the Palouse region in Eastern Washington.

Shot with the Olympus E-5.

This old RR goes from Holland to Hamilton, Michigan, about 20 miles.

A stretch on CSX railroad track at mile marker 69 at Point of Rocks, Maryland. #tracks #RailroadTracks #CSX #PointOfRocks #MileMarker69

Wilson, Kansas

Taken across from the Flying J truckstop in Willard Utah. The Wasatch Range is right and out of sight the Great Salt Lake and Willard Bay are about a half mile to the left. A light snow over night left everything white topped.

West Carroll Avenue as it emerges from the underground city. River North, Chicago, Illinois.

An evening 'L' train descends a grade near Kedzie Station in the Gage Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Thanks for viewing!

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/8.0, 155mm, 1/250s

...das habe ich bisher außer den Messehallen in Nürnberg gesehen!!!

Die weltgrößte Bio-Messe hat mich in diese geschichtsträchtige Stadt geführt. Gestern früh auf dem Weg zur Arbeit stockte der Verkehr an einer großen Brücke über das Bahngelände... und mir stockte fast der Atem. Die aufgehende Sonne färbte die Schienenbänder orange und verlieh dem eher nüchternen Gelände einen fast märchenhaft anmutenden Schein.

Deshalb fuhr ich heute früh extra einen Bus eher, stieg an der Brücke aus und durfte bei ähnlichen Wetterbedingungen dieses schöne Foto machen.

... Dunlevy, Pa. from across the river, with a spring evening light, shimmering on the water ...

Railroad tracks stretch around the bend, disappearing into rural Autumn countryside.

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Surrounded by Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis), a feral Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) waits inside the railroad tracks on a foggy morning at Hermann Park, Houston, Texas.

Seems like we have gotten more snow this season then we have gotten total in 3 yrs!

Those railroad tracks get me every time....

Haven't we all wanted to do exactly this? Look back to a warmer, more beautiful time in the past? If only we had that magic mirror...or maybe just a dream....

Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

137th MMM Reflections Challenge

Source images are from my own photos.

Made for a quiet Sunday Afternoon.

Diesel the miniature dachshund on the AMTRAK line next to the Hudson river ~ Hyde Park, NY

Shot with the Olympus E-M1, Mark II, Sigma 30mm F1.4.

Shot in Budapest, Hungary with the Olympus E-M1, Mark II and the Olympus 12.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-6.3 lens.

Shot with the Apple iPhone 8.

Listen to Impressions by John Coltrane:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=03juO5oS2gg

The shadows seem to come earlier with each passing day...

Shot with the Olympus E-5.

An old quarry, white fence and train tracks...an unusual combination for a rather beautiful view. Maybe not that unusual after all.

The romance of rails...especially when they lead west, right into the sunset!