Sunday, March 25, 2012

Train Station


Cruz Quebrada, Lisbon-Oeiras-Cascais railroad (1889)

31 comments:

Lowell said...

Another fantastic photo...the colors are wonderful - kind of an early morning monochrome and the place looks in great shape for being built in 1889.

Cezar and Léia said...

Charmosa, poderia ser cenário de algum filme de época e bem romantico!
Léia

Kate said...

Looks like a cozy little station in which to wait for a train!

Kathy said...

But I'll bet it didn't have a concrete platform in 1889, nor the recessed tracks, so it's been updated and appears to be in great shape.

crocrodyl said...

Very romantic place.

Sharon said...

I love this! It's a perfect rural railroad station.

TexWisGirl said...

very pretty! just enough perspective...

Rob Siemann said...

Totally out of this time and days... Kind of expecting a big black and smoking locomotive coming around the bend

Halcyon said...

It's beautiful! I love the cut-out details in the overhand. I'm glad they haven't let this place decay. :)

Sylvia K said...

This is like stepping back in time to a much more peaceful, uncomplicated world! Delightful capture, JM! Thank you for the memories.

Sylvia

Babzy.B said...

very charming ;)

Kay said...

Lovely shot. The light and colors are beautiful. I'd like to arrive there!

theconstantwalker said...

A wonderful old station... my local line is quite small and the stations are similar to this one but not as pretty..

Art said...

Wow, breathtaking!!
Love your photo!

Carolina Louback said...

Linda estação de trem, parece com aquelas de cidade do interior.

joo said...

Superb shot!

VP said...

I remember the station, very nice benches...

RedPat said...

I love the tones in this shot!

Jack said...

I would not identify this as Portuguese. It would look at home in the western and southern parts of the USA.

Unknown said...

Me gustan las estaciones, bonita foto.

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Trains stations always make me feel sad for some reason... This captures the melancholy well.

Joan Elizabeth said...

As you know I have taken quite a lot of photos of railway stations an the differences and similarities are so interesting to compare.

As for the photo itself, I can learn a thing of two from you on taking better railway station shots.

T. Becque said...

What a quaint train station! Looks like a weary traveler too!

Linda said...

Superb photo. I love train stations.

Randy said...

What a nice old station.

Bob Crowe said...

The architecture is classic for its time and purpose. It could be in the northeastern US - the station in the town in New Jersey where my sister lives looks very much like this.

La Mode Operandi said...

friends, family and lovers parting

Anonymous said...

A very picturesque old station!

Julie said...

I love the angle of the sun you have used here, Jose. And the shades of the railway station. I call them 'shades of shabby'.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Such a 'timeless' image JM, wonder if that's 5.05am or pm. the light is lovely.

Unknown said...

@PerthDP: It's 5.05 pm.