Late afternoon in Peacham Vermont.
During our 3 hours of sunlight, I made a quick trip to the Northeast Kingdom.
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New England
Conway Scenic Railroad 7470 steams into North Conway Station.
The Conway Scenic Railroad 7470 steams into North Conway New Hampshire on a hot summer day.
Steam locomotive #7470 was built by the Grand Trunk Railway Point St. Charles Shops at Montreal, Quebec, in 1921 with serial #22/1500. It is a coal fired switching locomotive with an 0-6-0 wheel arrangement; it has 51” driving wheels and 22” x 26” cylinders. It develops 36,700 lbs of tractive effort.
The weight of the locomotive in working order is 87 tons and the tender weighs 65 tons. The locomotive is equipped with super-heaters. Originally built as Grand Trunk Railway #1795, it soon became Canadian National Railway #7470, Class 0-18-a. It was acquired in 1968 by Dwight Smith, and in 1974 joined the start-up Conway Scenic Railroad as #47. It was renumbered to #7470 in 1989.
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Spring in Vermont.
All last week the weather was late spring/early summer. On Friday, back to winter for a day.
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We had Sunlight!!
The sun came out for a couple of hours this week. I couldn’t pass the opportunity to take a few pictures. I decided to stay close to home.
Some early fall foliage in Waitsfield Vermont
I took a quick trip to Waitsfield Vermont yesterday to checkout the early fall colors. The mad River Valley is one of my favorite places to find fall foliage
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A picture perfect day in East Montpelier Vermont
I thought I would get away from the house Saturday since it was a perfect day.
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