Three In A Row At Durham - Train 1
After shooting POAY at Wells Beach I raced to the state line at the Salmon Falls bridge missing the train by 45 seconds thanks to a slow dump truck I got stuck behind. But no matter, I had one more shot in mind that has long been on my list. Given that this spot was only 14 miles further from where I'd just missed him I knew I had to hustle....or so I thought...but boy was I wrong! It would be more than 2 1/2 hrs before he would show up making for quite the long wait here on the Main Street overpass.
Instead of keeping them moving the dispatcher elected to old them on th double track at Dover until the two Amtrak Downeasters that were approaching from both directions got by. Normally Boston bound train 684 would show up here first then meet Brunswick bound counterpart 683 on the double track in Newfields just ahead. But for whatever reason 684 that left Portland on time encountered nearly an hour delay so 683 came first then 684 and finally after all that cleared up POAY was back on the move to Boston.
So here first up is the rear of eastbound train 683 with a P42 bringing up the markers seen passing the gorgeously restored former Boston and Maine station that has been owned by the University of New Hampshire since purchased for one dollar 1960. Those of you who've read some of my other recent captions may notice the hitorical link between these photos in that the depots here and at Wells Beach and Kennebunk were all sold in the same time period as the spiraling B&M did anything and everything to raise cash and eliminate tax liablities to try to stave off the inevitable bankruptcy. And it was a harbinger for the end of B&M intercity passenger service that was only 5 years away well before the rest of the indutry followed suit with Amtrak in 1971. Although with one caveat....the ICC mandated the B&M to run one round trip each to Concord and Dover, NH (the latter of which stopped here) two more years until those too ended in 1967.
Anyway, this depot was erected here in 1912 when the B&M double tracked and realigned their main (dating from 1841) out of the center of Durhamm. But this yellow brick building itself was actually built in 1896 as the East Lynn depot. It was disassembled and moved here from Lynn in anticipation of the grade separation project and proposed four tracking through that city that I've written about before.
And yes...that is a pay phone you see...and no, I didn't check if it worked...but really wish I had!
Durham, New Hampshire
Monday March 22, 2021
Three In A Row At Durham - Train 1
After shooting POAY at Wells Beach I raced to the state line at the Salmon Falls bridge missing the train by 45 seconds thanks to a slow dump truck I got stuck behind. But no matter, I had one more shot in mind that has long been on my list. Given that this spot was only 14 miles further from where I'd just missed him I knew I had to hustle....or so I thought...but boy was I wrong! It would be more than 2 1/2 hrs before he would show up making for quite the long wait here on the Main Street overpass.
Instead of keeping them moving the dispatcher elected to old them on th double track at Dover until the two Amtrak Downeasters that were approaching from both directions got by. Normally Boston bound train 684 would show up here first then meet Brunswick bound counterpart 683 on the double track in Newfields just ahead. But for whatever reason 684 that left Portland on time encountered nearly an hour delay so 683 came first then 684 and finally after all that cleared up POAY was back on the move to Boston.
So here first up is the rear of eastbound train 683 with a P42 bringing up the markers seen passing the gorgeously restored former Boston and Maine station that has been owned by the University of New Hampshire since purchased for one dollar 1960. Those of you who've read some of my other recent captions may notice the hitorical link between these photos in that the depots here and at Wells Beach and Kennebunk were all sold in the same time period as the spiraling B&M did anything and everything to raise cash and eliminate tax liablities to try to stave off the inevitable bankruptcy. And it was a harbinger for the end of B&M intercity passenger service that was only 5 years away well before the rest of the indutry followed suit with Amtrak in 1971. Although with one caveat....the ICC mandated the B&M to run one round trip each to Concord and Dover, NH (the latter of which stopped here) two more years until those too ended in 1967.
Anyway, this depot was erected here in 1912 when the B&M double tracked and realigned their main (dating from 1841) out of the center of Durhamm. But this yellow brick building itself was actually built in 1896 as the East Lynn depot. It was disassembled and moved here from Lynn in anticipation of the grade separation project and proposed four tracking through that city that I've written about before.
And yes...that is a pay phone you see...and no, I didn't check if it worked...but really wish I had!
Durham, New Hampshire
Monday March 22, 2021