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Here's the last in this little series showing the snowy shuffle that took place here.
Back when I was younger the Conway Scenic Railroad was a strictly seasonal operetion and would largely shut down during the winter months. In recent years however it has become a year round operation running trains to Conway all winter long and for the first time this winter running trains through Crawford Notch in the snow. Not wanting to miss out on the chance for some snowy winter shots along the old Mountain Sub I made the trip up on the long President's Day weekend to try for some snowy images.
Alas the Saturday trip featured just CSRR 255 solo with five cars meaning the return trip which is the better chase photographically would be long hood forward which just didn't interest me. Regardless, I did make the trip up through the Notch for a few signature shots and then called it a day. However, I'd specifically chosen this particular weekend since the railroad had trains scheduled on back to back days so I held out hope Sunday would be better.
And indeed when I awoke in the morning the predicted snow was coming down and things were looking up when I saw that the railroad had MUed both of their GP38s for the trip to Crawford. With 252 trailing I was looking forward to the return chase east later in the day with the classic pseudo Maine Central schemed loco leading. Alas....this hoped for redemption was foiled when the railroad soon realized the snow was accumulating too fast and with no plow train running ahead of them it was too risky to head all the way to Crawfords so they decided they would travel only as far as Sawyers River and run around there...but it got even worse!
After pausing to pick up a trackman in Bartlett to ride out to assist with shoveling switches they have finally made it as far as they'd go, MP 74.8 (as measured from the former Portland Union Station) on the old Maine Central Mountain Subdivision. Ultimately they were stopped here for about two hours, and instead of attempting to traverse the siding and completely run around the train, they only dug out the west switch, cut off the lead unit, ducked it into the siding, then pulled the train by with the second unit (which is what is finally happening in this frame) in order to let the former lead unit couple up to the rear end to lead the train back. In the end this is as far into the siding as they would go and with the snow up to the walkways its quite understandable why they didn't attempt to run all the way thru it let alone deal with the switch at the east end. Alas, while I certainly understand the operational imperative as to why they made the moves the way they did here, I sure was hoping to get good looking 252 coming at me thru the siding and leading back to town instead of 255 long hood forward for the second day in a row!
This unit is right at home here having been built in November 1966 for the Maine Central Railroad as part of an order of 13 of the model which were the first batch of second generation diesel locomotives purchased by the road. She came to Conway Scenic in 2022 and still wears her Vermont Rail System red paint from her nearly two decade second career as Clarendon & Pittsford 203 after having being sold by MEC successor Guilford Transportation in the early 1990s.
From 1877 to 1928 the 8 mile long Sawyers River Railroad (a logging operation) connected here although the MEC agency at this spot was closed in 1921. Two historic structures survive to this day, the section men's car house at right and the foreman's dwelling on the left edge of the frame, both now privately owned. One interesting fact is that the house used to also be located on the right (north) side of the mainline but was moved across in the 1950s when Route 302 was relocated. Not wanting a private grade crossing here they chose to move the home instead!
Sawyers River
Harts Location, New Hampshire
Sunday February 16, 2025
Westagete-On-Sea, New Years Day. It was refreshingly cold, but not too windy, in-fact it was just what January 1st should be at a Kent seaside.
We took our annual NYD stroll along the sea front along with many others out enjoying the first day of 2024.
As we followed the Esplanade it swept North and some rain started to fall, it was only light, as we passed the beach huts that reside on that part of the sea front. I held back with my camera and captured the shot as my wife shuffled past them with our two dogs.
What a lovely way to start another new year.
Here is another recent transportation capture that hung around. I cranked a lot of Dougherty Museum shots. inside and out, at the time and added many to my stream. I have more also0rans. It took some time before following the mountain and prairie tracks traveling wagon roads in the west in stages before a ride got (somewhat) more comfortable. When the Stanley Bros, found Estes Park was THE spot for their big hotel, there was no trail or road access up the North St. Vrain Canyon so they determined to pick up their temporary residents at the Switzerland Trail RR terminus in Ward, Colorado and ferry them in their new steamer "Mountain Car" adaptation across what some of what is now the Peak-to-peak highway - routes 71 & 7. They clawed their own route up and over the Bunce school road north of the Middle Fork of the South St. Vrain. It can still be travelled. I have. I suppose steamers these could scale it in the early days.
However, I have no understanding of the frequency of the steamers' engines blowing up. Opt for the rear seating; you'll only get spattered with bodily... everything! I hope it didn't rain or snow along the mountainous route but I am sure it did - often. This steamer looks to have survived the decades of motorized travel in reasonable shape. You probably don't have one of these parked in your garage! HA!
The Stanleys were a force in starting and gaining an access route started up the north to Estes; the Loveland route failed to serve their needs.
This example is of the good work of the Dougherty family and their magnificent collecting. Did this Particular steamer coach travel the mountainous stage route to Estes and remain in one piece? This is short of a crisp shot but I did a lot of presentation editing anyway. It's what I had. This is an old seldom scene Dougherty prize.
SLRS 301, Baldwin S12, shuffles cars around the run-around track on the SMS railroad in Bridgeport, NJ. SMS is one of the last railroads to use Baldwins in daily service.
At Dubai!!!!
Mix & Match Mini Fatpacks!!!
Petite, Lara, Lega, Perky, Reborn, Kupra, Kups.
small shop:
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Marketplace:
I was lazy so I got a piece of paper as a backdrop and used my iPhone flash light for lighting and shot this old iPod Shuffle from long ago... Throw back Thursday!
27 km race on the Sunshine Coast Trail, Powell River, qathet Region, B.C.
Nikon D700
AF-S VR Nikkor 70-200mm ƒ/2.8 G IF-ED
Depression et déperdition de vapeur d'eaux avec plus de 2h de retard suite à une boîte chaude peux après le départ de Lille.
Avevo in mente qualcosa del genere, ma non so perchè si è rivelato molto più difficile del previsto...
Le carte si muovono dannatamente in fretta.
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My contribution to the group AAW for the weekly assignment: Motion Blur.
WIT:well, this one was very difficult. The movement of the cards was so quick. So I had to opt for a very long exposure, but everything came out a little blurred...
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A 27 km race on the Sunshine Coast Trail, start line at Malaspina Road, qathet Region, B.C.
Photo featured in the Peak newspaper, thank you to Editor Shane Carlson: www.prpeak.com/local-sports/weather-cooperates-for-hiking...
Nikon D700
AF-S VR Nikkor 70-200mm ƒ/2.8 G IF-ED
my folks arrive tomorrow from across the pond, shuffled the couch into my studio to make for a nice cozy reading corner where they may rest a while :)
90/365 - March 31, 2010: Purple Shuffle ...
I love my purple iPod! It's so cute, and so me. Sure, they have a new body style in the shuffle, but this suits me just fine.
It's so cute! ^_^
(Post processed in Lightroom using preset "Farbe 6.")
Brace yourself! Yesterday I attended 'The Zombie Shuffle"- an Annual Event where Art and Drama Students dress as Zombies and shuffle through the streets of Melbourne as an early Pre-Halloween celebration. I got so many fantastic shots like this, unprocessed in any way, that i will be posting them every day till Halloween, when hopefully, I will be Zombied out and ready to post less disturbing images!
New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R62A no. 1950 (Bombardier, 1984-1987) is the lead motor on a 42nd St Shuttle train that just arrived at Times Square-42nd St Station. The long exposure here caught the moment when the operator switched from the headlights to the tail lights as the train prepares to return to Grand Central Station, 1 stop away.
8025 squeaks and rumbles down the yard at Carrington, the crew giving the throttle a little tickle as it passes beneath the footbridge to collect a rake of grain wagons out of the unloader.
my folks arrive tomorrow from across the pond, shuffled the couch into my studio to make for a nice cozy reading corner where they may rest a while :)
The Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle - OFFICIAL PROMO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAkMTu6q2pY
Location : Barcelona
Note : night photo using only streetlight, no flash or tripod used.
Nikon 50mm f/2 AI
me as Nerine from Shuffle.
photo by Butterfly Dreams (facebook.com/ButterflyDreamsCosplay)
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OAP joins in the fun with a bit of two step shuffling! Shot with my iPhone so not a great quality shot, but good entertainment!
Fraichement débarquée du 251, la GP20C-ECO 2253 a été récupérée par l'équipe du F24. L'équipe prendra aussi la 2280 du F18 qui a été annulé afin d'aller desservir le terminal de propane de Rainville à Bromont, QC. / Freshly off 251, GP20C-ECO 2253 has been picked-up by F24's crew. The crew would also pick up 2280 from the previously-cancelled F18 before heading off to Rainville's propane terminal in Bromont, QC.