Saturday dawned cold and wet for the annual NEREX Snowflake Run. Thirty-six motorcars departed Delta Drive in Concord bound for Lincoln, NH along the New England Southern, Winnipesaukee Scenic, and Hobo Railroads. The rain waxed and waned throughout the day. Temperatures reached a balmy high of 54 degrees. We all reached Lincoln safely before dusk, […]
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2018.11.04 #NaBloPoMo
I spent the weekend on the rails with friends. Saturday was wet & windy, but Sunday was much nicer. The motorcar ran well. It was a good end to the season.
Low Hanging Fruit
I have many posts floating around in my head which require work. Here are a couple of easy updates. Yesterday was Family Day at CVRTC. After the picnic, I took a new member out for a spin on the M9 then returned to Fernald to catch a ride on the A3. Weather was sunny and […]
Week 37 – Adirondack Scenic Railroad
In early October, I had the good fortune to attend a motorcar excursion on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad out of Thendara, NY. The faithful UPRR #2535 An absolutely awful shot of yours truly. I’m not sure why I was doing the “Is this thing on?” look with my Leica. Depth of field We don’t […]
Week 29 – little blue engine
For 2 weeks in July of every year, the Cotton Valley Rail Trail Club brings its railcars to the Conway Scenic Railroad. We provide rides in the yard as a sideshow for a certain little blue (highly commercialized) engine. This year I was carrying my Yashicamat LM. I don’t remember which film this was, but […]
Crawford Notch (P366 – 5/5)
On 5/5, Beth and I took the motorcar up Crawford Notch on the Conway Scenic RR with the Cotton Valley Rail Trail Club. I’ll let the photos do the talking. Nikon FM2/Kodak Ektachrome E100G cross processed (above) Smena Symbol (below)
Fan is short for Fanatic (P365 – July 5)
And one definition of fanatic would include driving 428 miles round trip for 20 miles of ‘rare mileage’ rails. Still that’s what Beth and I did last Monday. We were presented with the opportunity for a speeder excursion on the Beecher Falls Branch in Colebrook, NH. The state is considering removal of the rails and […]
Hobo Railroad
We attended the 22nd Annual White Mountains Trackcar Meet on the Hobo and Winnipesaukee Railroads this weekend. The motorcar ran very well; the weather not so much. New Haven cab cars at the Hobo RR in Lincoln, NH. June 4. June 5. Somewhere in Campton, NH. June 6. Angry sky over Weirs Beach, NH and […]
Sadie’s Pool (P365 – April 23)
Beth and I went for a picnic on the Cotton Valley Rail Trail today. She really did have fun, but just wouldn’t smile for the camera. My batteries were dying, so I couldn’t make extra attempts. We did about 16 miles in the railcar, and it was a good opportunity to road test some recent […]
One of THOSE days, or the Value of Doing It Right The First Time
The weather was forecast to be nice today, so I was eager to get the motorcar out for a run on the Cotton Valley rails. Yesterday I installed my foot clutch conversion. The hardest part was drilling the hole in the tunnel for the shaft to pass through. The hand clutch lever had a return […]
