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CSXT Framingham based local L004 has been on duty more than three hours and is just now starting north. They are technically still inside the Framingham Yard limits as they trundle northbound on the Fitchburg Branch at about MP QBU35.6. The entirety of the branch is designated as Other Than Main Track with this local operating at Restricted Speed but not exceeding 10 MPH the whole way making for an agonizingly long round trip.
The two ex Chessie GP40-2s are crossing the short deck girder bridge over the Foss Reservoir/Sudbury River with a big train of more than 30 cars. Have you ever driven the Mass Pike in the Framingham area and looked over your shoulder to the south and seen a grafitti covered bridge and wondered what train crosses it? Well now you know, because the eastbound lanes of I90 are just 100 or so ft to the left of the train. a
This trackage dates from 1855 when the Agricultural Branch Railroad opened between Framingham and Northborough. In July 1866, the railroad opened a 14-mile extension to a connection with the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad at Pratts Junction in Sterling. The next dozen years were rather convoluted as many small independent lines began to congeal into larger systems and by 1879 the route was part of the Old Colony Railroad, then ultimately came into the fold of the New York, New Haven, & Hartford in 1893.
This line, like its sister route to Lowell, was one of only three incursions of the NH north of the defacto "Mason Dixon Line" of New England Railroading into what otherwise was the exclusive domain of the Boston and Maine. For virtually a century, with few exceptions, the NH ruled CT and RI and everything in MA south of New York Central's Boston & Albany subsidiary which ran in a virtual straight line between its namesake cities bifurcating New England.
Today this 30 mile route meandering northwest is the last CSXT owned branchline in Massachusetts, with all the rest of any length that they still operate having been sold to MassDOT. The branch seems to have a solid future thanks to the addition of a busy new demolition debris customer near the end of the line in Leominster a few years ago supplementing stalwarts like Ken's Foods, Nucor, and Bestway Lumber.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Monday May 12, 2025
"Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him." - Henry Miller
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It was a beautiful day, but sadly Scott and I had to be adults and do things like grocery shop and other errands so we didn't get to enjoy as much of it as we would have liked.
But, those chores are done and now we can sit back and hopefully have a wonderful Sunday before the next work week starts up again.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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Start Point lighthouse on the island of Sanday, Orkney.
Unfortunately the lighthouse is on a little island that is only accessible 1 hour either side of Low Tide so this is as close i could get this visit.
Moana Beach
South Australia
New year's dawn for 2014 began with sultry conditions and rough seas locally (the water was swelling over the posts at times) . I hope to make the most of a couple of weekends away in the first few months of the year before settling down to look after #2 due in April :)
Calgary has had a real warm spell and morning photography is not so bad, Sunday morning was so warm I didn't even wear my snow pants:)
Start Point, South Devon. Conditions were not up to much, so I had a play to see what I could do. 10 Stop Kase Wolverine filter used.
Barrow Bay, Keswick , Lake district,
Another very early morning start this magnificent view is on the right-hand side leaving Keswick
P&W 4301 leads NECR 611 south up Belchertown Hill towards Palmer. This is 4301's last stretch before heading north for the paint booth, where it will be painted into Genesee & Wyoming's "candy corn" paint scheme.
“Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just... start.”
~ Ijeoma Umebinyuo
The mushroom season in northern germany starts with porcelain fungus for me. This one i found in the Sachsenwald (saxonian forrest). The Sachsenwald is one of my favorite places, because of the many beeches. Most of them have been cut and replaced by conifers over the last centuries. But conifers don't belong here. The highest biodiversity of mushrooms is found in woods with beeches and oaks in my region.
Die Pilzsaison starte ich mit diesen Buchenschleimrüblingen aus dem Sachsenwald. Der Sachenwald ist eines meiner favorisierten Reviere, wegen der vielen Buchen. Die meisten Wälder bestehen hier aus Nadelhölzern, die hier eigentlich nicht hingehören. Die größte Artenvielfallt an Pilzen findet man darum im Laubwald.
Panasonic Lumix GH5
Sigma 60mm f2.8@f4
2x Stacks aus 85 Bildern
Mehrfachbelichtung
Sympecma fusca, common winter damselfly, It is one of only two species of European dragonflies that overwinter as adult insects. They start flying in February or March, on sunny days, when the temperature reaches 15 ° C. I had never seen so early in the year.
Wonderful golden evening light at the lighthouse with a lively sea. I used a Lee ND filter to get the water effect.
#Seascape #Landscapephotography #goldenhour #sunset #leefilter #longexposure #canon5dmk2 #lighthouse #Leefoundation
Sometimes to maintain the sacred love space you have to go back to where it all began.
This is where you first told me you loved me. This is where I first told you all my secrets. You kissed me and told me you will always have my back...
Looking back I do not know what I was expecting, but I whatever it was you have exceeded it with no effort.
You are every dream I have ever had and ever dream I will ever have. I love you with my whole heart
Westbound intermodal train 25V rounds the curve into Cassandra, PA as the fall colors really start to appear on the West Slope.
Golden hour in Toronto-- the city lights start to shine as sunset fades to dusk; reflected in the calm shores of Tommy Thompson Park
Macro Mondays-Push/Pull
This is the Push Button to turn on my Breville Convection Toaster Oven. This is a new one, I replaced my old one after several years of constant use and I would highly recommend this one. My big convection oven heats up the kitchen too much so this has been a great asset.
This photo was shot a few days ago at Prairie Oaks in Central Ohio. If you look closely, you will notice that it is actually a buck starting new antlers.