Point of Rocks Train Station
Point of Rocks Train Station
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.
I took this image using a medium format, film camera back in the mid 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.