I took this shot in early March. We needed someplace different to report from during a minor snow storm. Jim Thorpe in Carbon County fit the bill. We rarely get there for the morning broadcast. Plus, this is simply a pretty town.
Railroads are a big part of Mauch Chunk/Jim Thorpe history. This one was parked in the midle of town on that snowy morning.
I've been around trains a fair deal. It's all a matter of perspective. At Steamtown, for example, the locomotives are way out in the open. Here in Jim Thorpe, they are close to streets, buildings, the station, cars and trucks whizzing by...
It's a different sense of scale. Standing up close, you get a feel for the huge size of these monsters.
