The shadow on the left is imho a bit too large. What is it?
But the train remains very interesting, particularely in these yellow tones.

grapf on 28th June 2010 @ 1:54am

An excellent photograph, good treatment, congratulation. Otto

foto-rolero54 on 28th June 2010 @ 4:15am

So cool! Got all the elements i like: trains, vignetting, old vintage feel. Great!

faisal on 28th June 2010 @ 7:25am

I like the play on words in patriotic train. Nice angle for this shot of the engine. I like the mild colors.

don on 28th June 2010 @ 11:49am

I thought I remembered the bullet hole or however the hole was made. I recall you posting a train with the flag on your old site (which was a favorite image for me). Looking back, it didn't have a hole in it. Then I checked the image of a train I'd captured 2 years ago and it has the hole in the flag. I wonder if it could have been the same train or if people have something going with marking the flag in the same manner. Wouldn't it be incredible if we saw the same train? I think it would be and I don't think it's that far fetched. Surely tracks here would carry freight due east to Georgia and back. Mine was flying by when I captured it because the large rail yards aren't in our immediate area. I like how you were able to capture a much larger scene with the tracks. An exceptional image.

sherri on 28th June 2010 @ 12:12pm

Excellent image.

john on 28th June 2010 @ 12:49pm

I'm a big sucker for train shots and railyards. There's a closed railyard here in ABQ that you have to sneak into, or pay a fee to photograph. I haven't been but it's on my list of places to shoot this summer.

becky on 28th June 2010 @ 1:19pm

hehe, cool

yz on 28th June 2010 @ 2:11pm

at least it isn't the usual graffiti laden train one sees so often.. :) very nice catch.. :)

rian on 28th June 2010 @ 2:19pm

Excellent view again and great treatment with old colors!
Have a nice day.

DomLortha on 28th June 2010 @ 3:51pm

Bucolic shot!!. Great!

Anuska on 28th June 2010 @ 4:27pm

Wonderful dramatic feel to this very cool

JJ on 28th June 2010 @ 9:24pm

Nice composition, I like how the processing has dulled the colors of the flag, so the eye doesn't immediately snap to it and instead is free to wander about the frame a bit.

SD (Aspherical) on 28th June 2010 @ 11:26pm

this really has that dark, oily feeling that goes with trains. nice interpretation.

michele on 29th June 2010 @ 12:22am

Great train shot. The flag adds alot!

Andy on 29th June 2010 @ 10:06am

I like the processing, you can just feel the power of those engines and the grittiness of the yard.

Michelle on 3rd July 2010 @ 12:11pm

Nice gritty feel; you don't see a patriotic train car every day!

Mark Johnson on 6th July 2010 @ 10:16pm