Model Train Journal

Photos that make statements:
What do you think? What's your read here?

Looks like a loading/unloading ore barge facility.

Dan Weinhold
Lancaster, PA.

sleepmac wrote:Looks like a loading/unloading ore barge facility.

Dan Weinhold
Lancaster, PA.

And one of the barges appears to be semi-sunken.
Your analysis was better than mine because all I saw was what seems , to me, to be remnants of an old steel mill operation. However, you discerned further and saw the ore-focus of the facility, and you drew my attention to the barge(s).

To me, the photo was a statement about the demise of the steel mills and its effect on so much of life around what used to be that industry in that area.

Greed,stupidity and overall failure to change.

That's quite a statement, about a statement, Robert.
Thanks to Dan Weinhold and you, Robert, this thread has started out to be even more interesting in its interpretations that I had imagined it might be. This is going to be good!

Anybody else have a statement about the statement of that photo
Anybody else have a photo to share that makes a statement

Nature will reclaim all given time and opportunity.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Nature will reclaim all given time and opportunity.

The Appalachians are a testimony to that, aren't they.

To me, the photo was a statement about the demise of the steel mills and its effect on so much of life around what used to be that industry in that area.

I see a nice blue river and a pretty blue sky, probably a good fishing area if you have a boat. The facility was a bulk transfer point for some kind of commodity. It looks more like aggregate to me than ore, probably sand or gravel, possibly limestone. There are newer buildings in the background, possibly/probably on the other side of a major road running parallel to the river. It looks like 11-13 KV power lines off to the left so there is still something going on in the area requiring a decent amount of power. The area isn't "abandoned" per se, just used for something different.

I have to agree completely with Chuck. The picture is quite nearly a mirror image of Glacial Sand & Gravel, located on the Allegheny River on pool #7 between Kittanning and Reesedale, Pa. Glacial is now long gone since the Army Corps of Engineers no longer keep the Locks open from #5 to #9 for commercial traffic. If I can get out on the river fishin' this fall, I'll take a pic of what's left and show ya how similar they are.

Statement?
How do you read it?

Alfred tonight i will require the Caddy.

Good choice Mr Wayne. I'll fetch the car.

There is no such thing as too much chrome.

It's a 58 Fleetwood 60 special? Note the lack of pillars to support the roof, especially the "B" pillar. It screams conspicuous consumption. The rear doors are pretty small for a "limo". The chauffeur has an easier time getting in and out than the passengers. Big, shiny, ugly, and not very useful. Bonus points for being dangerous to the occupants in the event of a side collision or a rollover.

chuck wrote:There is no such thing as too much chrome.

It's a 58 Fleetwood 60 special? Note the lack of pillars to support the roof, especially the "B" pillar. It screams conspicuous consumption. The rear doors are pretty small for a "limo". The chauffeur has an easier time getting in and out than the passengers. Big, shiny, ugly, and not very useful. Bonus points for being dangerous to the occupants in the event of a side collision or a rollover.

As I remember them, firsthand, this one was a standard, though extra gorgeous, being the "Fleetwood" and the "Brougham," no less, sedan. The limousine which was expanded from this model was even larger (in length.) The sedan was so wide that as a 6foot tall 12 yr old, I could sit at full-length across the backseat, head resting on the armrest of an interior wall, and legs extended all the way across the seat, with a few inches to spare at the opposite end.

I see that car and I think of the glorious Fifties, when America bestrode the world like a colossus. Except for the all-too brief reign of Ronaldus Magnus, it has been all downhill since.

rex desilets wrote:I see that car and I think of the glorious Fifties, when America bestrode the world like a colossus...

Yes, indeed, Rex.That's what those Cadillacs (and the Lincolns, and Chrysler Le Barons, too, of that circa) spoke to me. They were powerful, and we were, as well. I remember clearly that when you put your "pedal-to-the-metal," of those cars, they would actually rear-up, hood ornament raised in the air, tailfins down, and roar down the selected freeway, obeying with full power for as long as the driver dared hold that pedal down.

To me, the USA was the same way; at least, that is how it all felt to me, as an adolescent headed into the future. I was convinced that as long as I was willing (and eager, in my case) to work hard, I would get duly rewarded with cash in my hand, a Honda under my young rump, and literally, the wind in my hair, headed out for Diamonds and Rust.

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