Pan Am Railways and Grave Yard, East Northfield, Massachusetts
November 1st is celebrated as The Day of the Dead in Mexico, and as All Souls Day in some European traditions. For the Celts it is Samhain.
In honor of these holidays, I present a pair of recent views of Pan Am Railways symbol freight EDBF (East Deerfield to Bellows Falls, Vermont) passing a grave yard near the Boston & Maine Connecticut River Line at East Northfield, Massachusetts.
Low sun accentuates autumn foliage and allows for a glint effect on the side of the locomotives while making for stark silhouettes of some of the grave markers.
I exposed these views with my FujiFilm X-T1. In post processing I adjusted the camera RAW files in Lightroom to balance the contrast and warm up the color temperature.
In addition to the digital photos, I exposed a few color slides using my Canon Eos 3 with a 20mm lens..
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I don’t know to much about the ‘why’, but i have met track side graveyards in Massachusetts a fair amount. i think the reason is that the track would run along the edge of properties often, so a graveyard would in some cases run along the edge of a graveyard because the edge of the property happened to be along the railroad. I have seen one in South Deerfield Mass as well, which looked rather ‘crammed in’, and very overgrown. not sure what this all means, but it’s a thought :/
Fascinating picture. And one which prompts a thought. There are many locations in Ireland and Britain where a railway passes alongside or even through a graveyard. But I can’t at present think of any location where you could get a picture like this one – with train and monuments so neatly lined up in a single frame. Has anyone any suggestions?
On a quick search, I can’t find any book on railways and graveyards/cemeteries. A possible project?
Those are great! You never see this combo of a shot.. graveyards and RR’s..
Very nice..
Dan