Standing near the tracks in the area provided for viewing trains is a very special experience. You can see a train that nearly wraps around you—the same train in front of you, but also to your right and left. It is a weird and awesome encounter.
Somewhat surprisingly, most of the visitors to Horseshoe Curve Saturday afternoon were Amish (or Mennonite or some such—I was too polite to ask what group these people belonged to and too ignorant to discern their affinity from their dress). I mention this only because my best photograph of the day included several of these visitors.
Having seen a number of freight trains and pairs of helper locomotives running light over the Curve earlier in the day, I was excited to see an Amtrak passenger train approaching. When I pointed my camera at the tracks to take a photo of it, I took no notice of the three little barefoot girls waving to the engineer and the person standing a bit apart from them who likely was their father. It was these people, however, who made my picture special. The nearly identically dressed little girls had been reading one of the interpretive tablets found along the fence separating spectators from the Norfolk Southern right-of-way when the Pennsylvanian came by. (Click on the photo below for a larger view.)

Undoubtedly Amish (Amish are subset of Mennonites---though the Amish themselves are subdivided into literally *countless* sub-sects!).
ReplyDeleteI lived for 5 years---and did my doctoral research---in this area. Good times! (Mostly) Went over the Horseshoe Curve on Amtrak several times, but never actually went to the viewing area. Wonderful photo.
Thanks for the memories, Lionel.
That is one of our favorite places. We went there as part of our 10th anniversary vacation. I got a great shot of Sue-z as a train went by.
ReplyDeleteWonderful memories -- thanks!
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