Last Post

After 277 posts and a lot of fun I'm calling it quits. I simply can't maintain a blog, a Facebook page and a Flickr page. Something has to give. So, I decided to shut the blog down. It's been fun, but I gotta move on. If you want to catch me I'm on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32832165@N07/ or on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000040862097

Once again, it's been fun. See you all on the other side.

The Camera Totin' Idiot

The 743 in Freight Service

A little something the Scenic Railroad does every January for a group of railfans...running a photo freight. This is the first time in several years that I haven't been working when the train ran. Needless to say, I had fun.

The Only Civilized Way To Travel

Great Northern's Empire Builder.

The B&O's Capitol Limited.

On the Erie


The grandeur of passenger travel is such that little written word is needed.

Little This, Little That

My Favorite Photo

I got tagged by LemonyRenee' to post my favorite photo. Hahahahaha! If she knew how many photos I have and then ask me to post my favorite. I had biology tests in college that were easier. Anyway, after three days of rummaging around and scratching my head, I pulled this one out.

This is my son back in 1987 at a family reunion. I was lying under a tree in the front yard at my wife's Aunt Mib's place. It was that point of the festivities when the grown ups were off in their little clusters catching up on things, the big kids had wondered off, and the little kids were napping. My son was just playing around, by himself, when he grabbed a volleyball and started batting it around. I grabbed my camera and fired once. And this is it. Hope you like it.



Uh, I'm not quite sure how this tagging thing works, but I'm tagging my better half over at A Mother's Minute.

Tag . . . you're it!

Post your favorite photo and tell us about it. Then post a comment here at Tara Cain's blog to be part of the photo display.

Last Run of the Season

734 made its last run for 2009. Wanting to capture my favorite subject in the snow I grabbed my trusty camera and headed out. I wasn't disappointed. The first four photos were taken at the east end of the narrows. The last photo was taken at the Helmstetter farm.

Winter Wonderland

Scenes from yesterdays big snowfall.

Looking up Rt. 40--the National Highway

Mailbox Along National Highway

LaVale United Methodist Church

No Train Today

George Washington Slept Here

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Walking the Downtown Mall

O Christmas Tree

Merchants Alley

Liberty Street

Goody Two Shoes

It's That Time of Year

A Movie Everyone Should Watch

Back Home Again

There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rolling in.
The afternoon is heavy on his shoulders
There's a truck out on a four lane, a mile or more away
The whining of his wheels just makes him colder.

He's an hour away from riding on your prayers up in the sky,
Ten days on the road are barely gone,
There's a fire softly burning,
Supper's on the stove its the light in your eyes that makes him warm


Hey its good to be back home again
Aometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend...yes
And hey its good to be back home again.


There's all the news to tell him,
How'd you spend your time
What's the latest thing the neighbors say
And your mother called last Friday,
Sunshine made her cry
And you felt the baby move just yesterday


Hey its good to be back home again ...yes it is
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend...yes
And hey its good to be back home again.


All the time that I can lay this tired old body down
Feel your fingers feather soft upon me
The kisses that I live for
The love that lights my way
The happiness that living with you brings me


Its the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you
Its the little things that make a house a home
Like a fire softly burning,
Supper on the stove
The light in your eyes that makes me warm

Hey, it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm
Feels like a long lost friend
Yes, hey it's good to be back home again


Hey, it's good to be back home again
Sometimes this old farm
Feels like a long lost friend
Hey it's good to be back home again
Said hey it's good to be back home again


Lyrics by John Denver

Last Saturday, Goody Two Shoes and me took Mom up to the farm. She hadn't been there in 30 years. She enjoyed herself and gave my cousin, who's fixing up the old home place, a history lesson. I guess you really can go home.