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岩點車站隨想

(2012-09-15 10:11:32) 下一個
飄塵

汽笛聲,排山倒海恰似巨浪呼嘯,
震煞了試圖穿越鐵軌的一群麋鹿;
急促的鈴聲,警示著黎明的薄霧,
紅色的信號,喚醒了打盹的晨露。

你的名字和故事,我曾經聽說過,
隻是年代久遠,我早已把你忘卻。。。
可如今,我和你在這裏再次相見,
仿佛馬丁斯堡的大撤退就在昨天。。。

這一切都成了曆史時空中的虛幻,
但是你歌德式的建築仍留在世間;
我麵對你曾被暴風雪損毀的鍾樓,
以我的心祭:你飽經滄桑的容顏!

擋道的欄杆輕舉,信號燈眨著綠眼,
我凝眸,唏噓感歎:時光又過了百年!

Note:

The Point of Rocks Railroad Station is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV located at Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, United States.[2] The station was built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1873, and designed by E. Francis Baldwin. It is situated at the junction of the B&O Old Main Line (running to Baltimore) and the Metropolitan Branch (running to Washington, D.C.). The Met Branch also opened in 1873 and became the principal route for passenger trains between Baltimore, Washington and points west.

The main station building is a 2 1⁄2-story, triangular Gothic Revival with a four-story tower and a 1 1⁄2-story wing at the base. The tower has a pyramidal roof containing a dormer on each side. On top is a square cupola supporting a pyramidal peaked roof.[3].

The station building itself is not open to the public and is used by CSX as storage and offices for maintenance of way crews. In 2008, new platforms and platform shelters were built for MARC commuters traveling east towards Washington DC, replacing older bus shelter–style structures which were erected in the mid 90's.

During the blizzard of 2010, the south side awning on the main building collapsed under the weight of record snow fall, and was later removed leaving half the building missing cover. In January 2011, work to rebuild the destroyed part of the structure began.

The Point of Rocks Railroad Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973,[1] and reopened for the Maryland Rail Commuter Service, now called MARC, which established the Brunswick Line.

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