Not what you expected, I am sure. Yet this is a suburb of a town, a small one, in the NE of Romania. An old town, hailing from the XVth century, and for some time, capital of the lower medieval principality of Moldavia. Yes, this town has a background; it is not one of those localities that appeared in the XIXth century like mushrooms.
This area depicted here is the town’s SE suburbs (within the town limits). Situated near the Bacau train station, it was an area which was occupied by the railroad buildings, depots, and so forth. Nowadays, the area has a lot of empty spaces, with old derelict buildings scattered here and there. Almost none are used anymore by the CFR (Romanian acronym for Romanian Railroads), and what buildings still stand, they are leased or owned by various small companies, usually non-related to railroad company. With a very few exceptions, this area looks exactly like it did 40 years ago, during the communist regime. You can tell that just by looking at the ruinous features of it.
These photographs were taken on a cold and misty morning, with a stubborn and really icy drizzle in the air; everything looked more miserable than it usually is (in the summer, the area is like of an Irish green). All shot with Nikon FM3a loaded with Kodak Tri-X 400 (@ 160), expired in 2006. It was actually my last roll from the 2006 batch. Don’t worry, I already have a new bulk roll 🙂 .
