I live near a train yard. I have mixed feelings about that but the trains sure do look cool!
The train yard has about 8 or 10 sets of rails , and this area stretches for a few miles at least. The trains are travelling from the ports on the Pacific coast (about 9 hours by car) and from places like the Bakken oil fields to the east of me. They carry all kinds of things like coal, grain, oil, and sometimes parts of airplanes! I will try and get you some photos of the airplanes sometime! Here are some photos from my walk with my dog today.
Here is a song I made about the trains. Listen for the LOW BOOM in there. Thats what they sound like...
Photo Therapy
One thing I sometimes take for granted is the cool graffiti on the trains. I used to be completely obsessed with it, but now its more like a backdrop that I forget about! Plus, the train yard is so loud, day and night, that I am very grumpy about living so near to it. Lately I have wanted to try and appreciate the trains more for their aesthetic appeal, to help me feel a little more positive about where I live.
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I had to take the photos through a chain link fence, so it was hard to capture a whole train car. It was very backlit and my camera didnt like it so they turned out a little washy, so I saturated them a bit before adding to the post. I am making these Creative Commons! Feel free to use them for art , posts, banners, collage, whatever! If you use them please tag me! I wish we could find out the graffiti artists, too, so we could credit them as well :) I would LOVE to see if anyone makes something with these! Thank you!
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Art
Poetry, with audio
Art and a poem with audio
