On the steps beside the turntable at the end of the line, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
A few shots from before lunch . . .
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Family
Watching the train
A drizzly Saturday morning before our breakfast at the Chuck Wagon, Nokesville, Virginia. Right on time, the Amtrak Crescent sped through the crossing, en route from New Orleans to New York. It’s a 1,300-mile journey which could take almost 20 hours to drive, but takes only 30 hours (with 32 stops) by train. The price is $152. This is the same route which suffered last night’s 100 mph crash in Philadelphia, although that was an electric train from Washington to New York. I don’t suppose the trains through Nokesville go faster than 50 mph.
Owen of the Jungle
Dylan is 10 months!
At Owen’s birthday party April 26th.
Owen’s 3rd birthday
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As the same train left Manassas station, I noticed the famous End of Train Device — see that tiny red box on the back of the last car, below. This was the technological advance in the late 70s which put almost all cabooses out of work within ten years. See Wikipedia EOT article.
At Dad’s
Building the patio railroad
A snowy Saturday afternoon at Export
Dylan
His first bucket list.
Reading Charlie Brown’s Christmas
(Copied from Elsp’s Instagram post)