Classic, original Boston & Maine semaphore blades and a once-commonplace B&M telephone box wait out the nighttime hours on the banks of the Winnipesaukee River in Tilton, N.H., with the sleepy little depot just a few feet away (off the left side of the frame). The signal and the telephone sit frozen in time, waiting for that nighttime train to roll in, waiting for that call to the dispatcher . . . forever, they wait. But nary a train is near. The B&M last ran passenger trains through Tilton in January 1965, and the last B&M freight rolled through town in 1973. A series of companies have operated this stretch of track for the State of New Hampshire since 1975.
This album seeks to portray classic New England and Upstate New York imagery. It showcases the most perfect examples of regional identity, with special attention to structures and landscape.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
