"Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."

-Dwight David Eisenhower

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Tracks leading from boat house to the water, Campbell Cove Werribee

We go back 42 years ago were on the Penn Central [PRR ] just east of Fort Wayne Ind at Adams Tower with this eastbound on this busy main line .Today this is part of the Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern RR .The double track main is long gone and now only a few trains a day

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Grumman S-2 (S2F) Trackers, Tucson, Arizona.

If airplanes could talk imagine the stories these Trackers could tell. Thousands of hours flying over the oceans of the world, exotic ports of call. All this history largely lost to time.

Mundijong

tawang station, semarang, central java, indonesia

Landsmeer

Beaverton, OR

Griffin, Georgia

Leica II, Elmar 50mm f/3.5 lens and Rollei Infrared 400 film, used without IR filter because of the overcast.

A bush track near Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island.

Wintery morning, Portland, Oregon

With every new tide, a fresh canvas is set where the local inhabitants can leave their trails. These tracks were discovered on one of the many sandy beaches uncovered at low tide on the Georges River. It looks like multiple species frequented here on this occasion.

i decided to add queen anne's lace to my wildflower garden. so i took a bucket and shovel to the nearest railroad. (isn't it interesting how this flower grows around all train tracks?). as i put shovel to ground, an older man walked toward me.

him: what are you doing?

me: digging up queen anne's lace for my garden.

him: you can't do that!

me: oh, is there an ordinance against this?

him: no, but that thing is a weed. you don't want it. it'll grow up all over your yard.

me: well, i think it's pretty.

him: fine, do whatever you want.

i think human perceptions are interesting. what's a flower versus a weed? what is beauty? what is kindness? we hold many different views. each day i see or learn something new.

I have a hard time crossing a railroad track without stopping to take a shot.

Amtrak 682 crosses the Charles River and passes a track gang inspecting the switches of the approach to North Station.

Of the railway crossing at Talsarnau and surrounding mountains views.

Tracks of the Mont Blanc's Tramway (French Alps)

Australian beach in Summer-4WD tracks

Oldie but a goodie. Freestyle painted in 1994 with Chen under the south Minneapolis Tracks. This piece was really significant at the time and was a relatively different style then people were used to seeing in Minneapolis. I basically rocked a piece in what I consider to be a style in the culture of Cali graffiti at the time. It wasn't as good as what I was used to seeing but I was so infuenced at the time by writers that I had grown up admiring like Risky, Power, Slick, Hex, Dream (L.A.), Green and Charlie that it came out in my style. Originally, I painted with Chen but he never finished and I did. Funny thing is, while painting this, I had a younger writer (now a famous T.C. writer) and his Mom, stand behind me and watch me and ask me questions the whole time. I didn't mind. At them time, I was just flattered to have anyone take notice. Also, when I came back a few days later to try to get a photo, I didn't realize that there was a group of people sitting up on the embankment behind the wall. When I took the photo, I heard some people start screaming and yelling at me. I began to walk away and noticed that a small mob had decided to attempt to snatch my camera and jump me. As they approached, I took off running to gain a distance on them. I figured I had a better shot at fighting one or two that followed before the rest caught up. I ran about 10 blocks with some of them on my tail. I finally stopped when it was me and only one other dude. I grabbed the biggest rock I could find and quickly turned and started to go for him. As I got about 5 feet away, he realized that he was alone and that I had now become the aggressor and he stopped dead in his tracks. I think that he had thought that I would be afraid of him. With a giant rock in my hand, I wasn't afraid of shit. He paused and I started to threaten him. He couldn't understand me because he only spoke Spanish but knew I meant business. Right about then, a female approached and intervened. She stated, "He thought you were trying to take a picture of us. We are homeless and drug addicts. We were using drugs and he thought you took a picture of us. Don't hurt him." I told her to tell him I was only taking pictures of my graffiti. She did. He quickly changed his demeaner and when I saw him change to a nonaggressive attitude, I put the rock down. We clearly had a stand off that was based off of a misunderstanding. He looked me over and then they turned and walked back to join their group and I climbed the bridge embankment I was at and went home. It was A really intense sitiuation and I am glad that nothing bad ended up happening. It could have been bad on both our ends. Crazy times!

Well, I think that I am finished with my visit to Howell, Michigan. I guess I'll jump on the next train out of town!

I like the stories of the hoboes who road the rails in the dark days of The Great Depression. Traveling gave them hope. Maybe in the next town I'll find a job, a home, a sweetheart.........

A song from a movie about the romance of the rails is "Wish Me a Rainbow" from the movie, "This Property is Condemned." www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwXI14h3NqI

Coyote tracks on top of the ice and snow in our creek.

Taken in my "Sahabat" Fancy Car, not mine of course =)

Have a nice weekend everyone .....!

Track #10 - special song for my beloved Ave - "For once in my life - Tony Bennett"

Track #11 - special song for Jessy, Win and NHK... for our special moment

Track #12 - special song for Marimaaar.. for our special cipika cipiki dengan judul lagu "Ijinkan Aku - Asep Irama =D

Track #13 - special song for Mbak Nathalie atas foto2 kinclongnya dengan judul lagu "Bubuy Bulan - NN" =))

Track #14 - special song for Om Dig atas foto2 hebatnya dengan judul lagu "Hamil Muda by DigFloppy"

Track #15 - special song for Mas Bhakti atas foto2 candidnya yg super hebat dengan judul lagu "Euis; Bubuy Bulan dan Panon Hideung by NN"

Track #16 - special song for Mas Budie atas foto2 hebringnya dengan judul lagu "Amor by Trio Los Panchos"

Track #17 - special song for Isna utk rayuan buat Kang Mas Richard-nya dengan judul lagu ROCK "Kuingin Kamera Nikon by Cecep Albar"

Track #1 - special song for Heri from Win "begadang jangan begadang" by Meggy, with special warm hugs and special kisses ...

Ada lagi?

Olympus E-M1 Mark II

more tucson train tracks many textures

Lumix GF1 with Nikon 70-200lens

Brean Beach 25/3/16

As the morning sunlight crested the eastern mountains it caught the edges of San Diego's network of trolley and train tracks.