manassas
When I was growing up, the local trains were all from Southern Railway, which joined with the Norfolk & Western forming Norfolk Southern in the early 1980s. There’s still a lot of freight that comes through Manassas, as it has since the mid-1800s, if not before. Today the lines are also shared with Amtrak and VRE, a local commuter line that runs into DC.
There are still side tracks in the area, this one sitting right behind the Manassas Cemetery, where I found these “refer” cars, one of which clearly had a load, as it was running to keep it’s cargo cold. Railroad graffiti always fascinates me, mostly because unlike most graffiti you see, it could have been created anywhere.
I was really torn today, I had several images that I thought were good, but I named this one before I even took the photo. I had a variable ND filter on because I had set up an earlier shot for some blur.
EXIF: ISO 400 @ 17mm f/10 1/50 sec
Another evening that didn’t go as planned. It was supposed to rain.
It didn’t rain. I went down to Old Town Manassas thinking I was going to catch some rainy shots, and it kind of sprinkled a little bit, but was mostly dry. So I did a few things that might show up somewhere later, but his is my favorite from the evening, partially because it kind of speaks to what this whole thing is about.
This was shot from maybe 18″ away from the sign. I took several from there, this was my favorite because of the motion of the truck, which added to the blur of the other vehicles induced by the low f-stop.
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EXIF: ISO 400 @ 17mm f/4.0 1/15 sec
