T.G.'s Photography Blog

June 22, 2005. St. Louis, Missouri. Some of the remnants of the old Chouteau Avenue overpass, at Central Industrial Avenue. The bridge was being torn down to make way for a new one. For some reason when I look at this particular photo of the bridge demolition, it makes me think of how the world might look after Judgement Day (from the Terminator movie series). Photo © Tom Gatermann.

July 6, 2005. St. Louis, Missouri. The old Chouteau Avenue overpass at Vandeventer Avenue has seen its last days. The old bridge is coming down to make way for a new one. Photo © Tom Gatermann

Urban Decay - Forgotten Door Back in 1992 I was in Detroit for a while. While I was there I got out and did a series of photographs based on urban decay . I went all over the city to various neighborhoods to take the photographs, however, I don't remember the specific places that I took them at. I remember taking this photograph of the decaying door along a street that was rather wide and was lined with a number of old storefronts, but as to specifically where in Detroit this doorway was I can't say. The series of urban decay photographs that I took was all done on Kodak T-Max 400 film. The processing was done using Kodak D-76 black and white film developer. I made a number of 11x14 size prints from these images, but I have only gotten a few of the negatives digitized. Photo taken: December, 1992, at Detroit, Michigan.

Urban decay - Window A decaying window in Detroit, Michigan, gives a framed view of an old blazer. This photograph was taken while I spent a little time in Detroit, and went around the city taking a number of images based on urban decay . Unfortunately, while I took a number of photographs for the series, I do not have many digitized yet. Photo taken: December 1992, at Detroit, Michigan.

Southern Pacific 4460 sits under a shed at the Museum of Transportation. Photo taken on: September 29, 2006. Kirkwood, Missouri.

Crumbling boxcar - Kirkwood, MO An old wooden boxcar that has seen better days sits crumbling away at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri. At the time of this photograph is 2005, this boxcar was tucked away in the back shed, near the eastern portal of West Barrett's Tunnel. Photograph taken: March 6, 2005, at Kirkwood, Missouri.

A&S 12 - Kirkwood, MO Alton and Southern 12 is seen here sitting in the back storage area at the National Museum of Transportation. The 0-8-0 steam locomotive has definitely seen better days since it was built in 1926. According to the website Steamlocomotive.com, the locomotive was built for just under $60,000 dollars and logged over 600,000 miles of service for the Alton and Southern Railroad. Photo taken on: December 31, 2004, at Kirkwood, Missouri.

A&S 12 - Number Plate - Kirkwood, MO This is the number plate on the front of Alton and Southern Railway 12 , an old steam locomotive on display at the National Museum of Transportation. The Alton and Southern is still around and is a switching railroad in the St. Louis area. The A&S is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. Photograph taken: December 31, 2004, at Kirkwood, Missouri.