baltimore and ohio railroad – sunrise in a small city

transition spiral

spinning steel booms along
wayside forest rivers streams fields mountains rocks
vibrating in new harmony
prime movers roll like firing cannon
on ribbons and zig zags
superelevation comforts
so many wheels turning
overthrowing

roundhouse at sunrise — (the baltimore and ohio railroad began operating to ellicott city in 1830)

on the edge of a park

a red fox trots toward the rising sun
along the seam the b&o
weaves through west baltimore warehouses.
the seam a vein of steel
hauling endeavor into dreamland

rails at sunrise — (the cornerstone for the baltimore and ohio railroad was laid in 1828)