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Bennet Levin's Juniata Terminal EP22 5809 was soaking up the Carolina sun at the Streamliner Event in 2014.
Monticello's Canadian National MLW FPA4 6789 was sitting in the distance; it's hard to believe how long it has been since this once in a lifetime event.
A pair of UPY GP15-1s lead the Troy Grove local west through Cortland, IL, where CNW searchlights still stand.
CSXT train R004-13 is seen emerging from the 1400 ft long tunnel and approaching the School Street crossing at MP 0.6 on Providence and Worcester's Gardner branch as they head to Union Station and CP45 where they will get on home rails of CSXT's Boston Sub. This train consists of 100 empty system steel hoppers headed back to the Pennsylvania coal fields from Granite Shore Power's Merrimack Station in Bow, New Hampshire on CSXT/Pan Am's Northern Mainline.
Historically the plant, which was built by Public Service Company of New Hampshire in 1960 (unit 1) and 1968 (unit 2) was one of the Boston and Maine Railroad's most important customers. For decades an average of one 100 car train per week served the plant, and in 2008 (the most recent I could find online) over 534,000 tons were delivered. But in 2015 the plant transitioned from a base load station pumping out 482-megawatts from its two units to a peaker plant operating only during periods of extreme intermittent demand when generation is needed quickly to maintain electrical system stability on the grid. Today it remains, quite controversially, as the last coal fired plant in all of New England, and unit coal trains are few and far between these days. In fact this was the first one since the summer of 2020 (though a handful did run to Selkirk last winter and get cut up and sent in blocks on regularly scheduled manifest trains) so it rightfully drew lots of attention from local fans which was great to see.
I missed the loads going north last weekend but with perfect timing I decided to forgo a little sleep and try for the returning empties. This was even more of a treat since CSXT assigned the power off of M427 which was an old school classic quartet of two SD40-2s and two YN2 painted AC4400CWs. CSXT 8822 will be right at home when she swings west onto the old Boston and Albany at CP45 in less than a mile as she was blt. Sep. 1977 as Conrail 6413.
Historically this line belonged to the Boston and Maine Railroad, but the just under 3.5 miles of former mainline from the division post in downtown Worcester to Barbers junction along with the entirety of the Gardner branch were sold by the trustees of that bankrupt road to the newly independent P&W in 1974. As for this tunnel, it dates from 1956 when it was built to remove the railroad from the middle of busy Lincoln Square.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Wednesday December 14, 2022
Found three oldies stashed away in my basement - full disclosure, there are many more down there...
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, first published in 1877...
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney first published in 1881...
and
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery first published in 1908...
Thanks to Kim Klassen and Distressed Textures for the textures used; and to Fuzzimo.com for the Polaroid frame.
121 in 2021
#12 - Book first published in 1921 or earlier
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Yesterday afternoon I went up the coast to the town of Camden, Maine where they were hosting a four day sailing event. I was one of several photographers who were on board a lobster boat fitted with benches and we followed the regatta as they raced. There were a lot of sailing boats that when we saw them they were spaced out in a long line on their return leg to Camden. Below is a blurb from the website.
The Camden Classics Cup is one of the world’s most beautiful regattas - sailed where the mountains meet the sea off the lovely harbor town of Camden, Maine. The Camden Classics Cup aims to give sailors the time of their lives with terrific on-the-water racing, and stellar onshore events.
Presented by Lyman-Morse with support from the CYOA, the Camden Classics Cup is a celebration of both classic yacht racing and boatbuilding. Featuring 2-days of racing for sailboats and a panoramic backdrop for powerboats. Participants will have access to Lyman-Morse's facilities, and a full weekend of events in the lovely town of Camden!
We are very excited to be planning the 9th Annual Camden Classics Cup, July 24-26, 2025.
Part of the 2 piece Fansproject Crossfire 02 sets, here is Blast Off in aerial drone mode.
Officially called Explorer on the box, he is a replacement member / limb for the Classics Bruticus set. Instead of being a copy of the futuristic tank toy, this toy homages the purple space shuttle.
His alternate mode has been slightly updated to be an unmanned aerial drone (no cockpit or windows), and as such he can be transported / launched from Onslaught's vehicle mode.
His portion of the set (Crossfire 02 - XF-02A - Explorer) comes with tons of transformable weapons and parts for the other team members.
Mike Doyle at the controls of his gorgeous Stearman 450 with Scotty Germain in the CAF Arizona Wing's SNJ off his wing over Mesa, Arizona.
A variety of motive power sits at NRE in Silvis, IL. Sadly most of what you see here will most likely be scrapped. The old Chevy in the foreground will outlive most of the motive power.
For last week's 'words' theme for the Smile on Saturday group, I started looking back through my murals folder and found some cool street art that I'd never posted. While I didn't end up using the murals for SoS, some are really great. Here's one today from our time in Connecticut.
When we moved to the area, New London was having a hard time. Many of its main street buildings were vacant and boarded up. There were only a couple of murals back then, but over time more were done. One of the largest and most impressive was the above Hollywood mural on Bank Street. I'm not sure when it was painted, and couldn't find a signature at the time, so I'm sorry I can't identify the artist. I haven't been back to New London for several years, but I see from online searching that NL now has a mapped mural walk. "Hollywood" isn't listed on the map, and from what I can tell searching images, the mural's been painted over - the building may now be a restaurant? My previous three posts show closer views of the panels if you're interested.
Restored Soo Line and Burlington Northern EMDs bask in the early morning light at Osceola back in 2016. The Way-Back Machine was put to good use on this day.
CN SD75I 5786 & C44-9W 2543 leading a Montreal bound Autorack train Eastbound under the old vintage searchlight bridge at MP20.5 York Sub approaching Doncaster.
After interchanging with the Pickens, GRLW GP30 4204 and GP9 3752 work the ethanol facility just outside Belton, SC
Compositionally not great, but with a green 37 and 2 railfreight 20s who cares. 37521 drags 20118 and 20132 from Crewe to Barrow Hill passing Chesterfield.
It's been a few days (felt like forever) since I worked on a project or uploaded one to social media. Had issues with my software. All is well now
A pair of rebuilt Canadian National GP9RM units, the 4121 and 4119, do work at the Cobourg ON yard on 26 March 1993. Chopping of the high hood and other alterations have robbed the Geeps of their classic original appearance, but have given new life to these first generation workhorses that see several of them continuing to serve in the present day.