Day 236 - A Berry Interesting Day

Well today for the 1st time in 30 years a passenger train was to come from Hoboken, NJ to Bethlehem, PA w/16 passenger cars, some dating back to 1940's.  All the cars were booked with passengers and they were headed to the Sand's Casino for Lunch.  They were to pass across the Delaware River around 11:20 as it headed west towards Bethlehem, then cross the Delaware at 13:45 as it headed back East.

So since the newspaper recommended that a good spot for viewing the train would be Scott Park in Easton, I thought what a good opportunity to use this event for some images for my blog.  So after putting the youngest grandchild down for a nap, the two oldest wanted to go with me to see the train, so off we went to Scott's Park to get some historic photos.  Well we arrived and scouted out the place for a prime spot to get theses images.  And so we set up the camera and while we were waiting I was teaching my grandson to cast his fishing rod.  13:45 came and went, no train.  Then at 14:10 we heard the whistle of a train as we were about to leave.  Here it comes.  The 1st passenger train filled with passengers crossing the Delaware in 30 years and we were ready only to see that the train did not cross over the main bridge, but the bridge behind it.  Not much of a view from Scott's Park, at which my 6 year-old grandson stated, "That was boring Pop-pop!"

So with no images of this great event after getting home, I took a couple of shot of blackberry bush that was crushed during hurricane Sandy producing some fruit this year.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

Although not the historical event I thought I would be photographing today, a historical event none the less as we were not expecting any fruit this year.

Thanks for Stopping

Tom