A bright and heavy layer of rust cannot hide the alphanumeric identifiers on this rusted railroad steel discarded in bed of metamorphic stone.
focal length: 105mm | exposure: f/11 – 1/1000th second – ISO 500
A bright and heavy layer of rust cannot hide the alphanumeric identifiers on this rusted railroad steel discarded in bed of metamorphic stone.
A new tie anchor is used to hold wooden ties in place as freight trains roll across active steel rails. This rusted discard found a resting spot amid a bed of metamorphic stone in State Line City, Illinois.
A walk across the grade-level intersection of Illinois State Route 1 and the Norfolk Southern Railway in State Line City (Bismark) reveals a discarded rusted steel bolt nestled into a metamorphic stone bed for this still life image.