10-08-2025, 11:20 AM
Morning, all.
Got back late last night from a 2 week family visit & travel on the East Coast.
Learned a lot more about US history when visiting Boston, Portsmouth, and Portland ME.
Saddened to learn heartbreaking details of slaveholding in colonial Boston.
Decommissioned Navy Yard in Boston has some great examples of dockside cranes.
An apparent track gauge of 20 feet. Super broad gauge?
I never knew the crane tracks could curve, and that switches let them shift to other wharves. Great example if you are interested in RR port activities.
Learned that one of my favorite industries -- supplying shipments to my model RR-- no longer operates in Portland ME.
B&M Oven Baked Beans relocated their mfg to somewhere in the midwest. The building still stands, is being incorporated into a university building under construction.
And on a happy note, contractors just finished up a repair to the house. They did a good job, and there were no unpleasant surprises.
Have a great day, and enjoy your trains!
Got back late last night from a 2 week family visit & travel on the East Coast.
Learned a lot more about US history when visiting Boston, Portsmouth, and Portland ME.
Saddened to learn heartbreaking details of slaveholding in colonial Boston.
Decommissioned Navy Yard in Boston has some great examples of dockside cranes.
An apparent track gauge of 20 feet. Super broad gauge?
I never knew the crane tracks could curve, and that switches let them shift to other wharves. Great example if you are interested in RR port activities.
Learned that one of my favorite industries -- supplying shipments to my model RR-- no longer operates in Portland ME.
B&M Oven Baked Beans relocated their mfg to somewhere in the midwest. The building still stands, is being incorporated into a university building under construction.
And on a happy note, contractors just finished up a repair to the house. They did a good job, and there were no unpleasant surprises.
Have a great day, and enjoy your trains!