the light from the moon had a bluefish tinge , and i member us stopping by these train tracks , watching that train go by , not a soul in sight , the woods on my right and left and the train just rumbling out of the dark shadows of the forest on one side and then being swallowed up on the other -- just this switch of light covering them cars as they rushed across the road , like a huge , rough snake sliding through a waterfall of light .