岩点车站随想

飘尘

汽笛声，排山倒海恰似巨浪呼啸，
震煞了试图穿越铁轨的一群麋鹿；
急促的铃声，警示着黎明的薄雾，
红色的信号，唤醒了打盹的晨露。

你的名字和故事，我曾经听说过，
只是年代久远，我早已把你忘却。。。
可如今，我和你在这里再次相见，
仿佛马丁斯堡的大撤退就在昨天。。。

这一切都成了历史时空中的虚幻，
但是你歌德式的建筑仍留在世间；
我面对你曾被暴风雪损毁的钟楼，
以我的心祭：你饱经沧桑的容颜！

挡道的栏杆轻举，信号灯眨着绿眼，
我凝眸，唏嘘感叹：时光又过了百年！

Note:

The Point of Rocks Railroad Station is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV located at Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, United States.[2] The station was built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1873, and designed by E. Francis Baldwin. It is situated at the junction of the B&O Old Main Line (running to Baltimore) and the Metropolitan Branch (running to Washington, D.C.). The Met Branch also opened in 1873 and became the principal route for passenger trains between Baltimore, Washington and points west.

The main station building is a 2 1⁄2-story, triangular Gothic Revival with a four-story tower and a 1 1⁄2-story wing at the base. The tower has a pyramidal roof containing a dormer on each side. On top is a square cupola supporting a pyramidal peaked roof.[3].

The station building itself is not open to the public and is used by CSX as storage and offices for maintenance of way crews. In 2008, new platforms and platform shelters were built for MARC commuters traveling east towards Washington DC, replacing older bus shelter–style structures which were erected in the mid 90's.

During the blizzard of 2010, the south side awning on the main building collapsed under the weight of record snow fall, and was later removed leaving half the building missing cover. In January 2011, work to rebuild the destroyed part of the structure began.

The Point of Rocks Railroad Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973,[1] and reopened for the Maryland Rail Commuter Service, now called MARC, which established the Brunswick Line.