Oct 23
(via mills):
A beautiful color photograph from 1942 by Jack Delano: “Steam locomotives of the Chicago & North Western Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards.” Delano was one of the photographers employed by the FSA, on whose work Errol Morris has posted a typically long and interesting series of articles this week.
This picture is so wonderful I just about started weeping. For the beauty of light streaming through windows; for the glorious, dirty past; for all that is strong, hopeful, real; and for all the work that has been done, that will be done, the intent always to forge a world better than the last. Goddam I love railroads and trains, and all that they symbolize.
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This picture is so wonderful I just about started weeping. For...light streaming through...
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I love trains, but fewer things are more frightening to me than old engines, especially up close. I think because it’s...
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I can only imagine how stunning this would be, 4’x3’, framed on my wall. Y’know, if you’re looking to get me a gift.
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If there were merely...1% chance you hadn’t seen this, I’d still reblog it.
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