A quick photo here and there can really sometimes get my mind to wander. One of the whole goals of modeling railroading on the Onondaga Cutoff is to evoke my own memories along the Chicago Line, not just in the immediate Syracuse or DeWitt areas but also out west of town on the high iron - the 60-mph freight trains and 79mph passenger trains of my youth. It was huge, exciting, hopeful and awesome to see it in real life.
This image takes me right back trackside out west of Syracuse. We could be in Weedsport, or Warners, perhaps Memphis or Jordan - the long hills of the Finger Lakes region are a comfort to my memory and this railroad runs right through it.
Sure, it's just a grab shot, a tight scene on what is a tight model railroad. We wish we had more space. We all do! But an image like this takes that frustration away, and suddenly the illusion for a moment is complete: we are right there, trackside in Central New York.
More scenes like this will come with time and the illusion will improve. Therapy in a hobby all rolled into one - hard to beat that!
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