hanging on to the past - vintage cars

Kudos to all those who can restore cars.  It must take a lot of work, knowlege, ingenuity and patience.  I wish I had the know-how.  At best I can change the tire and fluids on my motorcycle and car but that's about it. I would get into trouble if I ventured any further.  Here are two trucks that could be contenders for a restoration project, but they are quite beautiful as they are.  (Photos# 143, 144)

fragile memories, vintage train signage

A couple of years ago, I came upon a train museum and took pictures of the trains and some signage on the cars, not thinking about how long these will last.  Here's the link to the post:

http://image1001.blogspot.com/2011/01/train-museum-snoqualmie-wa.html

I went back the other day and I was shocked to find that they had painted over the signage I had taken photos of.  It looked like they spray painted the whole car a bright yellow without much thought.

I made it a point to take as many photos as I can of the signage remaining on the other trains.  They may not paint over them so soon but nature is taking over these as there is little attempt to preserve the trains.  That being said there is definitely a beauty about the rusting sides of the trains.  What attracts me to them is the once man-made elements being taken over by nature.  The beauty of the traces of weathering and decay which cannot be made by hand...

Anyways, here are a couple of photos I took: photos # 141, 142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Train museum - Snoqualmie, WA

Went for a ride on my motorcycle to the train museum in Snoqualmie yesterday.  The trains are outdoors, apparently left to rust away.   Photos #30 - #34



After all that attention to the train, here's two of  my motorcycle, photos # 35 and # 36: