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So my relief is into traffic and I would REALLY like to get a shot of the Amtrak Retro-GE. No problem I say, pulling my SUV up to the barbed-wire fence around our office and squeezing off a decent broadside as #22 heads into town...Then time for a turnover!
Wochenende - Zeit zu relaxen, Kraft tanken für die neue Woche. Diese schöne rote Katze fand ich in Faverney, einem mittelalterlichen Städtchen im Franche-Compté.
Weekend - time to relax. I´ve found this lovely cat in Faverney, a nice old village in Franche-Compté.
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«Ο χρόνος, σκέφτομαι, ίσως είναι μια αργοπορημένη τιμωρία – για ποιο πανάρχαιο σφάλμα! Βράδιαζε. Άνοιξα το παράθυρο κι αφουγκράστηκα μακριά το αιώνιο παράπονο του κόσμου.
Έτσι συνήθως χάνουμε τα πιο ωραία χρόνια μας, από ‘να τίποτα: ένα αύριο που άργησε ή ένα λυκόφως που κράτησε πολύ….»
(Το Θλιμμένο Γραμματοκιβώτιο – Τάσος Λειβαδίτης)
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Time to build. Two mourning doves building a nest. The male bringing and depositing twigs from the garden. Nestling period is about 14 days.
At the time we arrived at our campground in the middle of nowhere it was already past noon. Due to that it was quite hot. So we just set up our camp and have had some time off. But we were in the wildness and there were no fences which could protect us from wildlife. Thus we were not allowed to leave our small camp. Luckily there was plenty to see and discover. Beautiful and colorful birds as well as insects of all kind came to visit us…
If you want to see the other images of my trip through southern Afrika please see my Flickr album: "Southern Africa 2014".
For Steam Sunday here's another from my recent visit to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum.
This Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum is a special place that I've been remiss in visiting only one prior time despite it being relatively close. Since my GF and I had plans to be in Portland for the weekend for a Christmas party we were less than an hour away and it just so happened to be one of the three weekends they were operating their Victorian Christmas Train to the outdoor Christmas Market at Sea Lyon Farm.
With seven sold out departures every 40 min between 10 AM and 2 PM the little 24 inch gauge railroad was busy! I didn't have reservations but after getting up there to photograph a few trains around the Sheepscot Yard I was told that if we waited we might be able to get on the last run at 2 PM. And true to their word they let us grab a couple tickets and amazingly we had the cupola seats in caboose number 320 to ourselves both directions. The market was fabulous and we enjoyed some food by the fire and came home with some goodies and gifts from the many talented local artisans set up.
The five two foot narrow gauge systems are undoubtedly what makes the state of Maine unique in the annals US rail history. Though the original lines were all abaondoned well before the mid 20th century mark they have captivated historians and railfans ever since. Furthermore, thanks to Ellis D. Atwood's Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts an inordinate amount of the dimunitive equipment survived to captivate generations of young New England Railfans, me among them.
This particular railroad was chartered as the Wiscassett and Quebec and opened in 1895. At its peak it stretched only 58 miles never coming close to Quebec. Even after being reorganized after the turn of the century as the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington it was still unable to attain even those two more modest goals in its new name.
Abandoned in 1933 the line has been being rebuilt with more than three and a half miles in place and more on the way. In addition to meticulously recreated modern structures, some original WW&F artifacts are now here including an original section house, an original W&Q boxcar and coach (both dating from 1894), an original WW&F flat from 1912 and of course locomotive number 9.
Here's a timeless scene at the Alna Center depot, MP 6.4 (as measured from the historic south end of the line at Wiscasset harbor) about 1.5 miles north of Sheepscot and as far as these Christmas trains run. WW&F number 9 is departing south shoving the three car train as they pass the tiny station and a gorgeously restored Ford pickup (I'm not a car guy so of anyone knows year and model please let me know). This 0-4-4T locomotive was built by the Portland Company in 1891 for another of Maine's two foot pikes, the Sandy River Railroad. Successor Sandy River & Rangely Lakes sold her in 1924 to the Kennebec Central where she ran for less than a decade before being sold once again in 1933 to the WW&F in its last year before abandonement.
The dimutive little engine seemed destined for a scrapper’s torch like the rest of the railroad but fate intervened in 1937 when she was purchased by Frank Ramsdell and transported to his farm in West Thompson, Connecticut. The locomotive would remain there in a barn for more than six decades until Frank's daughter Alice passed away. It was sold in 1995 by its new owner, Dale King who was Alice’s nephew and migrated home to begin a restoration process that would last two decades. Number 9 made her return to service in 2016, roughly 80 years since she last ran on her own power and today operates regularly over three and a half miles of line resurrected from the Maine woods.
To plan a trip of your own here check out the museum's site.
And to learn more find a copy of the December 2025 issue of Trains Magazine for a great in depth article on this remarkable place and all they have achieved and what they have planned for the future.
This is a truly special special place, and I want to share one little personal tidbit. Those who know me know I have a huge library of railroad books more than 30 years in the making and worth tens of thousands of dollars. But you know what the very first railroad book that began my collection was? A copy of Big Dreams and Little Wheels that I picked up as a kid from a shelf at LL Bean in Freeport while shopping with my folks on the way to Bar Harbor. This little softcover volume by Ruby Crosby Wiggin was published in 1971 as a history of the WW&F, and I remember reading it in our camper somewhere down east and being utterly captivated....and from then on I had big dreams of railroading some day too...
Alna, Maine
Saturday December 13, 2025
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This is the Washington National Cathedral.
It's big. It's beautiful. It's majestic.
I looked up and felt as though I was transported back to another century.
Maybe I was.
I'm going to go back there someday.
J'ai légèrement modifié le concept original de Chema Madoz (www.chemamadoz.com/). Le centimètre de couturière me semblait plus approprié que la règle plate, car il montre que le temps qui passe peut être sinueux. Mon échelle de temps s'arrête à 64, c'est juste pour que ça loge dans le photo, ma vie sera beaucoup beaucoup plus longue !