The Old Caboose

NYC Caboose, Depot Town - Ypsilanti, MI

So you would figure, that in a college town, on a bar night, in one of the more popular bar sections of town......that you could hold an 8 minute shutter on a public street (next to the largest parking area) without people walking in front of your camera.  Apparently not!  People just don't respect the artists anymore! 

Depot Town (named after the old train depot that resides there) is the historical section of Ypsilanti.  Just a short walk from Eastern's Campus, the area is filled with historic buildings and vintage coolness........and also a few very popular bars!  The highlight of the night was when a few drunk girls wandered in front of the camera.....stopped.....then asked if they were in my way.  I asked them if they could move quickly because the shutter is open, and they thought I meant the shutters on the caboose and proceeded to ask if it was haunted!  I told them it was, and I was going to wait all night to get my ghost picture :)  If you stare at it long enough, you can see him (or her) peering through the window, I swear!

As I stated in a previous post, I've long had a fascination with trains, so this subject was kind of a no brainer!  I would have shot the depot, but it is now a parking spot for bar goers, so there wasn't an angle that didn't have some crappy import taking away from the nostalgia of the decaying train stop!  I'll have to return, maybe on a Tuesday or Wednesday night, real late, and get a shot when the place is deserted.  Until then, here's my rendition of the old caboose.....enjoy!

-MT