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I used their favorite food, grain pellets, to lure the goats onto a new climbing structure. Julianne was the first to climb up the ramp, while Peppers stood up on his back feet to eat the ones he could reach.
In this post I shared some photos of an old friend who passed away in November of last year: flic.kr/p/2rJoYJm
Father Mike Leckie was a catholic priest, a fireman, a lifelong railfan, a professional railroader latter in life, and a friend to all...and is dearly missed. A couple months after his passing the Old Colony and Newport Railway, where he had volunteered for decades, ran a private chartered trip as a memorial for his friends and family to share stories and camaraderie. The museum group borrowed Newport and Narragansett 65-tonner number 66 and former BC Rail Budd RDC BC-15, the latter of which was adorned with a special drum head for the occasion which was then donated to his surviving sisters after our trip. It was a fun trip full of smiles and memories and Mike sure would have liked it.
At our turnaround point we performed a photo runby and posed our little train in the backyards south of the Bristol Ferry Road crossing. This is about MP 10.8 on the state owned Newport Secondary which would have been MP 19.2 as measured from Myricks and the junction with the New Bedford mainline back in PC and early CR days.
Rising beyond is the Mount Hope Bridge. Opened in 1929, it is a two-lane suspension bridge spanning the Mount Hope Bay at one of the narrowest gaps in Narragansett Bay. The bridge connects the towns of Portsmouth and Bristol and is part of Route 114. Its towers are 285 feet tall, the length of the main span is 1,200 feet, and it offers 135 feet of clearance over high water with a total length of 6,130 feet.
This location is so named because prior to the opening of the bridge a ferry operated here having started all the way back in 1640 I the early colonial days. In the 19th century it had both rail and trolley connections and continued in service almost three centuries until finally becoming obsolete when this span opened to traffic. To learn more here's a neat blog: portsmouthhistorynotes.com/tag/bristol-ferry-area/
BC-15 is a Budd RDC-1 blt. Feb. 1957 as Canadian National D102 and later VIA 6102. NNB 66 is a GE 65-tonner, was built in 1943 and was most recently numbered USN 65-00566 where it served with a sister unit at the Portsmouth Navy Yard until being replaced with a trackmobile several years ago. In 2024 she and sister unit USN 65-00308, two years her junior, were purchased by Eric Moffett and trucked to Rhode Island with the the 65-00308 being assigned to the Seaview Railroad freight operations at Quonset Business Park. She wears a sharp paint scheme applied just last year and the logo for the Grand Bellevue Dinner Train for which it is the regular power.
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Saturday January 17, 2026
A heartwarming image of a Grandpa sharing his memoirs with his grandchildren and their Westies.
a heartwarming image of an old man handing out his memoirs to his children and grandchildren, west highland terrier puppy with ears up, norman rockwell style --s 500 --v 5.1
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The girls are tickled pink that they made it to mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/06/hey.html! [URL:http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/06/hey.html] They celebrated by making an extra few trips between the pellet bowls and the water bottles followed by a few more trips. (Though toffee is miffed that she is labeled the thief when we all know that it's Nougat who's the real meanie.)
One of my favorite captures, taken at the Charles River Esplanade in Boston during an amazing golden hour.
Riley, supervising Hubby cutting the Christmas ham.
(And yes, the boys got some)
Our Daily Challenge- Dec 25, 2022 : A MOMENT IN TIME
I know I’ve been absent from ODC of late, but with knee surgery behind me (and the orthopedist thinking my hip with resolve now that my knee is fixed) I do hope to be active again in 2023.
Creator: William Hope (1863 - 1933)
Date: c. 1920
Collection: National Media Museum Collection
Inventory no: 2002-5054/14
Blog: G is for ghosts... the birth and rise of spirit photography
The face of a young woman appears over the woman on the right of the photograph. The reverse of the photograph reads: 'Why is the child always pushing to the front?' and 'Do we get messages from the higher spirits?' - perhaps questions the women wanted answering. One of the sitters, at Hope's request, has signed the plate for authentication.
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I shared this shot just recently of Pan Am's OCS at this exact same spot: flic.kr/p/2mJYPwz
Here is the exact same train nearly three years ago with better power but worse weather. They are seen here eastbound passing the surviving former Boston & Maine freight house standing between West Hawley Road and the Deerfield River at MP 407.4 on the the old Fitchburg Division, modern day Pan Am Southern's Freight Mainline.
PAR 1 and PAR 2 are ex Canadian National FP9s 6505 and 6516 built in 1954 and 1957 respectively by GMDD. They passed from CN to VIA Rail in 1978 before being picked up by the Conway Scenic in 1995 when they expanded into Crawford Notch. After 15 years spent hauling tourists in the White Mountains 6505 & 6516 would become PAR 1 & 2 when traded to Pan Am Railways in March 2010 for GP38 252 and GP35 216. The gorgeous duo is seen pulling the four car OCS train consisting of sleeper 103, dome car 102, lounge car 101, and observation/business car 100.
ST100 was originally Norfolk and Western business car 102 that was rebuilt and streamlined in 1957 from diner 1011 that was originally built by ACF in 1934. It was purchased by the D&H in 1976 and then passed to Guilford in 1984 and was retained after the 1988 bankruptcy and divestiture of the D&H.
ST101 also came from the D&H but was one of four originally built by Budd for the D&RGW in 1950 for use on the Denver-Salt Lake Prospector and was numbered 1290 named the Castle Gate. After that train was discontinued in 1967 the D&H acquired it and named it Champlain.
ST102 was also built by Budd in 1950 for Wabash's Chicago to St. Louis "Blue Bird" and originally wore #201. It later became N&W 1611 until stored at Roanoke in 1966. In 1971 it went to Amtrak where it stayed for 22 years before ending up in private hands for 20 more years until PAR bought it in 2013.
ST103 is a former Southern Railway sleeper dating from 1917 that was part of CSXT's business car fleet until being sold to Pan Am in 2019. The car had come to CSXT by way of the Conrail split as this car was part of Conrail's OCS and was numbered Conrail 8. Conrail had acquired the car from the SOU in 1983 and was completely remodeled after decades of revenue service. To learn more about this car check out this fabulous history: www.the-boring-the-adoring.com/conrail-blog/conrail-sleep...
Charlemont, Massachusetts
Friday December 14, 2018
A year old juvenile and a matured bald eagle sharing a branch to scan the field for food. They may be siblings or a parent and kid. The younger one learns from the other all the techniques of finding meal.
Many thanks to all those who view, fav or comment my pictures. It is much appreciated.
The YJNR returns to North Reading with GP39RN pair in place of the usual MP15 set which was in for a shop.
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At this time of year I always like to post photos as a way of showing my respect to those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Taken at a local war memorial it was nice to see a father and daughter also sharing that respect.
This is a close-up of the Robber Fly (Asilidae) I posted a few days ago with a clearer view of the small lunch guest slurping the slops from the bee the Robber Fly is feeding on.
Kinda gross, but interesting!