Eastern Railroad Discussion > Just another Rockville Bridge shot

Very ordinary road power on what I believe was train 269 - light just happened to be quite nice.  Taken today (Aug 3, 2026) at 6:26pm

Thanks for viewing.

Rob Benkovitz
West Palm Beach Florida

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WoW! 
The light was so way right! What a beautiful image.Certainly image of the day material!
Gonut 

Very right.
JB

An absolute gem of a Rockville Bridge view!!!
Bob

The shadow on the hill in back knocked this shot right outta the park! A well-deserved IOTD... :^)

Lance

That's a gem of a picture!  The colorful containers are a big plus.   

Bob

Perfect light and shadow, and a great perspective!
GK

Doesn’t get much better. Thanks for posting!

Posted from iPhone

Nothing "just" about this!  Thanks for being there, and for sharing.

Not just another. I haven't seen that vantage point, and it is a good image.

Victor Baird

I love the summer "north side" light at the Rockville Bridge. Well captured!

Yeah, that's an angle - with the low afternoon light - that is only possible during certain high-summer days.   The bridge runs diagonally to the sun -  directly across the Susquehanna - but is angled so that you only get that lighting late afternoon summer.

I assume that was shot off the bottom of the boat ramp (which BTW is public access).

And I always have to put in a plug for Bridgeview B&B, that's the best place to stay for the ultimate lazy railfan experience.   I've shot trains out of the windows just getting out of bed in the winter!

santafe199 Wrote:
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> The shadow on the hill in back knocked this shot
> right outta the park! A well-deserved IOTD... :^)
>
> Lance

Just as effective as storm light, right?
Fred

Really nice, Rob!  Congrats on the IOTD!

mike woodruff
north platte ne

Thanks all for the nice compliments!  

The elements definitely came together for this picture:  Great late day 'golden' light, nice puffy clouds, an historic and picturesque bridge (even with a bunch of extraneous stuff hanging off it) and with the exception of the motive power, a colorful train.  Like a few of you noted, the dark shadow on the mountain really makes the bright containers pop.  I shot a couple of other westbounds during this 'golden hour', but even with a bit more interesting road power, the mix of elements that made this shot special just wasn't there.  'Dem's the breaks!
 

Outstanding!

Bravo. 

Very nice..!!