GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Shot in Beausejour, Manitoba, late in the evening some 40+ years ago on Kodak Tri-X pan film and scanned. The elevators were demolished and the rail lines removed quite some time ago. There was a train station which was moved to a local heritage park a number of years before this photo was taken.

As I drove down to the station one evening,
The sun was just beginning to set.
Here the ravages of time were in evidence,
Leaving me with an image I would not soon forget.

Then the stationmaster called out to me,
Saying step closer and lend me your ear.
This station hasn't seen a passenger car
Now going nigh on thirteen years.

And there's talk of tearing up the tracks,
For the capital's all been spent.
The elevators all sit empty now
And abandoned elevators don't pay the rent.

Now the station's windows are all boarded up
And the passenger deck has crumbled.
The official timepiece stopped at 12 o'clock
And the benches inside lie tumbled.

The railway cars have long been removed;
The empty elevators all demolished but one.
The weeds have overgrown the ties,
Preventing the tracks from reflecting the sun.

So the sentinels I thought were permanently there
And the photogenic images I did find,
Will fade into the history books
And the recesses of my mind.

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

Really nice, both the picture and the poem.

GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Thank you very much , NMGal!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Very nice poem and image - well done!

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Way back in another century I was able to spend Plenty of quality time traveling the prairie province's. Miles and miles of flat wheat fields interspersed with small towns and the Pool elevator.
It was a wonderful time, now long gone. Sadly.

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

I really like the poem, and your old image is very well done.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Like'm both, GreyOwl, the poem and the historic photo...thanks for sharing!!

tcthome Loc: NJ

angler Loc: StHelens England

I liked them Both.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Wonderful photo and poem, John! Thanks for sharing.

GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Thanks for the thumbs, Manglesphoto!

GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Thank you very much, Bill! Appreciate your comments.

GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Thank you for commenting, Plieku! Yes, indeed, long gone.