My one and only carnage shot.          
This is the 3rd shot ahead of the rail crane, and it was one of the only shots I ever took of track dismantling. There was something appalling to me about it. When I walked up on this scene, I thought of all the hard work and effort that went into creating our railroads ending up in a heaping mess of scrap. It is hard to imagine the tens of thousands of miles of railroad removed around the country during this decade.
Date: 8/15/1980 Location: Stillwater, MN   Map Show Stillwater on a rail map Views: 292 Collection Of:   Tom Dethmers
Author:  Tom Dethmers
My one and only carnage shot.
Picture Categories: Track This picture is part of album:  Minnesota/Wisconsin/Canada and other misc locations 1980-1992
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Name Type Comments Date
Randy Curlin General Very sad, but I'm glad you took it. 7/17/2016 11:53:02 PM
Robert Durant General I agree with you Tom. I'm from NE WI originally; Watched the CNW tracks go, replaced by a class III (NBN), now they're gone... Sad 8/12/2016 6:41:26 PM

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