August 1987; with Rolleiflex in hand, I spent an evening at Port Chester, New York along the former New Haven Railroad four-track electrified main line.
Port Chester offered several attractions. The nearly north-south alignment of the track made it a great place to catch eastward trains in the evening light.
Metro-North was operating a variety of trains using its venerable FL9s (dual-mode diesel-electric/third-rail electrics), and these tended to face outbound (east) in the evening.
It was along the portion of the line still equipped with New Haven’s distinctive triangular catenary.
Although I focused my efforts on the FL9 powered trains, I also photographed Metro-North’s more common multiple units.
Among the images I made was this high-structured composition that frames a Grand Central bound multiple unit in the structure of the catenary and its supports. There’s a lot of angles here!
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I love the use of geometry in the image. The rolling stock is just a bonus.
Thank you!
I love this image, Brian.
It seems to working now.
Thanks
Hello John,
I’ll try to reformat the image and add it to the post.
As mentioned previously, I don’t know why selected viewers cannot see some images. They appear fine in the proofing process and when I check it on my MAC and iPhone. As result, I can only take shots in the dark to fix it.
Check again in couple of hours and hopefully the problem will be corrected.
Brian
Brian,
Sorry to be a complete pest about this, but the image isn’t displaying again. Its happened more than a few times in recent posts 🙁
One the positive side, this is at least visible on twitter and love the geometry.
John