The one overhead sodium vapor light in the grain elevator complex at Creston, IL is casting ominous shadows from the icicles hanging off the metal overhang. Stars in the night sky shine brightly above, no light pollution out here, especially on this full moon night.
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Slashing through the Heartland, the former Illinois Central mainline provides a straight shot south from Chicago towards the Gulf of Mexico. The route is fast and straight. And on this foggy night, somewhere out in the country south of the tiny town of Ashkum, IL, a distant headlight is approaching. It’s just another freight train, M398, making 50mph or so with tons of lumber, plastics and chemicals, trying to get into Champaign ahead of the due-pretty-soon City of New Orleans. The glow of the headlight on the foggy horizon silhouettes the grain elevator in Ashkum. Pretty soon, the train will be here, I’d better move the tripod.
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From the same vantage point as last night’s photo, this is turned looking slightly more easterly. The skyline from here varies so much, from the old buildings in the foreground, such as the Manhattan building which was built in 1889, to the 62 stories of One Museum Park, completed in 2008, with its blue top rising in the background.
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I’ve had the lid on this photo for quite some time, and I’m not sure why. To be honest, I guess I forgot about it. It’s easy to forget a time when you stood in the middle of a towns main street on a ladder for over an hour, apparently. Anyway, this is what downtown Hampshire, IL looks like at 1am on a warm and still summer evening. There isn’t much auto traffic (thankfully, as I’ve mentioned the ladder in the road). There also isn’t much rail traffic, despite the appearance of the IC&E 6430 West, rolling across the State Street grade crossing at 10mph. One of the neat features of downtown Hampshire is over there on the left, the old Mobil gas station complete with 1950s signage. On to the photo: Read the rest of this entry »
