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Point of Rocks Train Station
Point of Rocks Train Station
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The train station at Point of Rocks in Maryland has been operating since 1873. Today it services a whopping 140 passengers a day. It's not a whole lot, but for those 140 passengers, it offers an easy and efficient way to live in rural Maryland and work in Washington, DC.
Back in the 1990s, I used to live "near" this part of Maryland. (I realize I may be dating myself...) I would park my car in the parking lot and take my bicycle about 100 yards to the C&O Canal towpath. The towpath was a nice scenic path along the Potomac River that stretched from Washington, DC to Cumberland, MD (about 184 miles). I only did about 20-miles of it, though. I few times, I would bring my cameras and take a few shots of the train station. This one is one of my favorites; I used it for a Photography class I was taking at the time. It was a pleasant day during the winter months; you can see some snow along the right side of the tracks.
I took this image using a medium format, film camera back in the early 1990s. The station looks a bit different today. There are now new passenger platforms and platform shelters. While that helps keep the passengers comfortable in bad weather, it takes away from the historic aesthetics.
I used Kodak TMAX 100 film for this image. I developed the film myself at a local community college photo lab. More recently, I scanned it using an Epson V750 scanner. After cleaning up the dust particles (i.e., from the film scan), I played with the contrast and brightness a little to make this final image.
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