New England, The Fall, Some Trains & a Little Beer

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MinZaPint

Travelling on we stopped in North Woodstock, the Harley D crowd were having a Sunday run out and the bikes were everywhere and I haven't got a single pic! A river runs through the town you can just spot it behind the trees, more colours.

We had beer and a lovely fish sandwich in the "Truants Taverne" with the H-D crowd, haven't got a pic of that either! But do have a pic of the important part of the bar!

Stopped at another picturesque spot

And passed a covered bridge

Then back to the hotel where this pizza tried to eat Rosemary!

The following day it was off to the North Conway Scenic Railway, to be greeted by

Even a steamer fan like me was impressed and in the yard we found




Impressive coaches


And a beautifully restored station

The booking hall

Leaving the station we passed


And got some lovely views


Our train at Crawford Notch , end of the line for us


And then we were off to Boston more of which later,
Cheers for now  David
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longbridge

Great pictures, without doubt one of the most beautiful countries in the world and with the best railway system.
Keep on Smiling
Dave.

Bealman

Wonderful photographs David. Reminds me of my visit to Vermont.

Looking forward to next episode!

George
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

Chetcombe

Impressive equipment, fantastic scenery - And that's just the line of beer taps :beers:

Not too many English brews on show, but I can see Long Trail  Ale amongst them and that is one of my favorites!

Looks like you are having a great time, keep the photos coming!
Mike

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Bealman

Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

grumbeast

You lucky bleepybleep!!!

The Conway scenic and trip through the Crawford notch is top of my list of trips to do in the US!!   :D :D.  I've got a couple of books about the MEC and Maine Central that I drool over regularly

Thanks so much for the pics. Keep em coming :)

Graham


scotsoft

Thank you for taking and posting the pictures of the locos  :thumbsup:

cheers John.

MinZaPint

And then we were off to Boston, passing this lovely spot

And stopping at Salem which is Witch country

Also features a historic dock area, the sail loft

And the Salem replica, apparently we nicked the original when it was sailing past during some early unpleasantness

On board, as you can see it was unfortunately raining all the time we were there

We did however find a nice bar where I was able to have another Clam Chowder!
And so to Boston, night view from our hotel featuring the Hancock insurance company tower

This tower was built on an area of reclaimed land and unsurprisingly started to settle causing the windows to pop out! Hancocks sued the glazing company, the case was dropped when they found out that they were underwriting the glazier's insurance company!
Part of old Boston's "Knob Hill"

In a side street, the little house at the end is where Paul Revere of civil war raiders fame lived

Went on a harbour trip stopping off at the old navy dockyard, showing WW2 Cassin Young which was the last ship to face a Kamikaze attack and the masts of the Constitution.

The Constitution also known as "Old Ironsides" its 24" oak hull bouncing off English cannonballs

The gun deck

Anyone fancy a kip

Man the pumps

The capstan

The oven

A side view

And a shapely derriere

On the Cassin Young, torpedo launcher, looks like Ned Kelly's helmet

The shoreline showing in the middle the white church spire from which signals were sent to warn of Brittish approaches

And to finish off the bar of the "Rock Bottom" restaurant and brewery where I had several enjoyable beers liked their "Rocktoberfest" good burgers and steaks!

Nice little bar round the corner, more good beer and sliders (3 small burger buns) we chose the lobster ones, very tasty.
Well that's it folks, thanks for letting me share my hols with you, now it's time to get on with the layout.
Cheers   David
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Newportnobby

Looks and sounds like you're having a great time, David. Keep 'em coming :thumbsup:

Bealman

Wonderful, David. Reminds me of me visit to HMS Victory in Portsmouth  (Plymouth?).... plaque on floor.... the boss fell here - not suprised! I fell over it too!  ;D

Lovely, mate. Keep 'em coming.

George
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

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