A Bit of History

Well, being at my beach house for the week really limits the amount of railfanning I can do. Luckily, there is one place where I can have salvation: the Amtrak wolverine route. I was picking up pizza yesterday when I drove by the old NYC coal tower. I grabbed my camera and took a few photos.

Sadly, I learned that Amtrak has slated this tower for demolition. Not sure when, but it is soon. I have this really cool picture of Hiawatha cars traveling under it a few years back. Lemme find it...

There it is. Here's another pic, from a different angle. I looked at the plate, and it says that it was built by a company out of Chicago. Neat.

A New Location Appears!

Well, I was out riding today, and I found the perfect spot for railfanning. It's located at a park about a mile from my house, and it has some pretty decent views. I'll be shooting from there whenever I can.

 This is the crossing right next to the park, complete with signals.

A perfect straightaway runs the entire length of the park. Awesome, right?

Blog is Up!

Alright, MCTrainfan here!

I started this blog yesterday, and I will hopefully remember to keep it updated. I'll mostly be posting about where I've been and what I've seen. I'll also put up a flikr page where you can see all my photos within the next week.