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Show and Rainbow—Elkins Park Part III

This is the third installment about our visit to Elkins Park, Pa.,

After the storm raged, I presented my 45 minute-long slide show on the railways of Philadelphia that featured a variety of photos by my father and myself along with some select images by photographer Andrew Ludasi.

When the show concluded, a vivid double rainbow hung in the eastern sky, so we went out to make photos.

SEPTA finally had its trains rolling so this was a grand opportunity to make railroad photos under the rainbow.

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Brian preparing to begin his presentation, photo by Kris Solomon.
Brian and Kris, photo by Pat Yough.
SEPTA Silverliner IV at Elkins Park, Pa.

All images were exposed with my Nikon Z7-II with the help of Kris, and our friend Pat Yough who attended the show.

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Elkins Park—Part II The Deluge

This is Part II of our adventure at Elkins Park (see: https://briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/septa-elkins-park-part-i-sunshine-before-the-storm/).

Kris and I walked back from Creekside Market & Tap just as the sky was turning an odd color. Big change from less than hour earlier when blue skies with puffy white clouds were the order of the afternoon.

As we approached the station an outward Silverliner V accelerated away from its Elkins Park station stop.

Upon arrival back on the platform the darkness set in. An inbound train glided to a stop as another outbound train pulled away. There was a line in the sky delineating blue from gray.

Then the street lights came on, the wind kicked up and it started to rain cats and dogs. We moved back from the row of benches beneath the station canopy to get more shelter. . .’Hey, was that a small tree that just blew across the tracks?’

The was some automated announcement about trains canceled, then suspended.

Wow, this was some storm! By the time my NRHS slide program was to begin, the weather had calmed down, but it was a while before trains were rolling in-bound again.

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SEPTA Elkins Park—Part I Sunshine before the Storm!

Last week, Kris and I visited SEPTA’s Elkins Park station on the former Reading Company line, where I was scheduled to present my program on Philadelphia-area railways to the Philadelphia Chapter National Railway Historical Society later in the evening.

We considered taking the train, but ultimately opted to drive, which proved to be the right decision owing to extreme weather that occurred later in the day.

When we arrived at Elkins Park it was bright and sunny! I made several photos at the station before proceeding to the nearby Creekside Market & Tap to meet our hosts.

While having a beer and roast beef sandwich, Wayne Duffet sent a screen shot from Strasburg Rail Road’s Leaman Place webcam: the weather was closing in on us from the west.

It was amazing how quickly the weather turned. We got back to the station just before the sudden deluge . . . stay tuned!

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