Eastern Ghost Town Photos
Hunlock Creek Post Office
Hunlock Creek Train Station
Today I stumbled across a ghost town in Luzerne County. Initially I saw an old abandoned train station and made it a point to photograph it on my return trip. When I stopped to create my daily image, I noticed the abandoned post office across the highway.
It was pouring out, so I didn’t make many exposures. But I think that the two that are attached to this blog are the strongest. I purposely didn’t add any frilly special effects ~~ just made the best “straight” images I could make in Adobe Camera Raw.
The images suggest more questions than answers, at least for me. What was this town ~~ Hunlock Creek, Pa? When did it exist? Why? What did people do when they lived here? The train station appeared to be pretty ornate in it’s day. Why did they build it that way?
Anyway, it was cool to create a few images in this ghost town in the rain.
Now I understand the link to word press.
I like both of these photos and the train station creates a tingle in my overactive imagination. Why would the roof line be built in this way?
It is almost like a building in a fairy tale, and one looks to see who might be hiding behind it.
Thanks for the photos today.
On such a dark and gloomy night I certainly enjoyed these.
hey john beside me doing photography, you hit another spot for me History. I will be looking up hunlock creek station. I want to thank you for posting your photos and explaining what you do in adobe. I work in film still, I just like going into the dark room. The train station seems to be a little Japanese architecture, (maybe).
Perhaps japanese looking, maybe not the station, but definitely along an abandoned rail line. I have an interested in railroads (inherited from my dad). This was along the west bank of the east branch of the Susquehanna river. It would be interesting to know what rail line went along there.