Geeps And Bricks
Here is the wide frame of this scene with a bit of historical context. After their quick trip down to the receiving yard to grab the four empty gons, Providence and Worcester Railroad local freight PR-3's next order of business was a trip down the East Providence Running Track to switch out Teknor Apex and Baer Supply. Having completed their work down there, their final task for the day was to make a quick sprint 11 miles up the mainline to Woonsocket to work Ralco Industries in the small yard there.
Having made short order of their work halfway up the line they are sprinting back south to drop their cars in Valley Falls Yard, put their power back together, and head for the barn and a quit. They are seen here flying south at MP 8.7 just past the Martin Street crossing.
Standing at right is a classic brick New England mill now repurposed and beautifully restored. Here is an excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination form from 1972 when it and the entire Berkeley Mill Village were added.
The original 4-story, 27-bay, 300 ft. x 90 ft., brick mill with a low pitch gable roof, built in 1872 by the Lonsdale Company, was enlarged by addition of a 20 ft. x 90 ft. ell on the south in 1891. The handsome projecting central tower, a simplified Romanesque design, retains original wood-paneled double freight doors on each level, and brick corbelling.
The mill village of Berkeley, Rhode Island, was established by the Berkeley Company, textile manufacturers, in the Blackstone River Valley in 1872. Except for one unit of workers’ housing, all of the original structures--including the mill, the schoolhouse, the superintendent’s residence, and a concentration of workers’ housing--are preserved today with little alteration.
And if you're interested here is a news article with some more interesting information:
www.providencejournal.com/story/business/real-estate/2015...
GP38-2s 2006 and 2008s are original to the road having been built new for the then only 7 year independent company by EMD in Dec. and Feb. 1980 respectively), and they still proudly wear their red and brown colors despite being a member of the Genesee and Wyoming family for more than six years already.
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Thursday October 26, 2023
Geeps And Bricks
Here is the wide frame of this scene with a bit of historical context. After their quick trip down to the receiving yard to grab the four empty gons, Providence and Worcester Railroad local freight PR-3's next order of business was a trip down the East Providence Running Track to switch out Teknor Apex and Baer Supply. Having completed their work down there, their final task for the day was to make a quick sprint 11 miles up the mainline to Woonsocket to work Ralco Industries in the small yard there.
Having made short order of their work halfway up the line they are sprinting back south to drop their cars in Valley Falls Yard, put their power back together, and head for the barn and a quit. They are seen here flying south at MP 8.7 just past the Martin Street crossing.
Standing at right is a classic brick New England mill now repurposed and beautifully restored. Here is an excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination form from 1972 when it and the entire Berkeley Mill Village were added.
The original 4-story, 27-bay, 300 ft. x 90 ft., brick mill with a low pitch gable roof, built in 1872 by the Lonsdale Company, was enlarged by addition of a 20 ft. x 90 ft. ell on the south in 1891. The handsome projecting central tower, a simplified Romanesque design, retains original wood-paneled double freight doors on each level, and brick corbelling.
The mill village of Berkeley, Rhode Island, was established by the Berkeley Company, textile manufacturers, in the Blackstone River Valley in 1872. Except for one unit of workers’ housing, all of the original structures--including the mill, the schoolhouse, the superintendent’s residence, and a concentration of workers’ housing--are preserved today with little alteration.
And if you're interested here is a news article with some more interesting information:
www.providencejournal.com/story/business/real-estate/2015...
GP38-2s 2006 and 2008s are original to the road having been built new for the then only 7 year independent company by EMD in Dec. and Feb. 1980 respectively), and they still proudly wear their red and brown colors despite being a member of the Genesee and Wyoming family for more than six years already.
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Thursday October 26, 2023