Continuing my photographs from the Autumn Leaf Slide Show weekend…
Sunday 4:40PM Peninsula Jct.- To quote Scott “Peninsula Jct. is a very interesting junction but it is very difficult to photograph”. I couldn’t agree more. In my catalog I have exactly 7 photographs taken in and around the junction.
Penn Jct. is where two Union Pacific lines cross. East and west is the Kenton Line which is bisected north and south by the Seattle Sub. Each quadrant of the junction has a wye so a train can go any direction as it approaches. From above the junction looks like a perfect diamond. Through the middle of this jumble of tracks is Columbia Blvd. which parallels the Kenton Line east and west.
So what’s the issue? In a word access. There are no sidewalks in this area and parking is limited. If you do park and walk being on the grass might attract the wrong sort of attention. What’s the alternative? Wait for a train to block Columbia Blvd. and then photograph at will.
Sunday 5:00 PM – Through the St. Johns cut. Nearing the end of a long weekend, with creativity waning, I captured my second to last photograph of the weekend. Simply stated this is Amtrak’s Empire Builder (train 27) passing under Fessenden St. in a heavy rain shower. I suppose it is fitting that the weekend ended just like it started…in the rain.
This concludes my photographs from the Autumn Leaf Slide Show weekend.
