4-15-06 Took some more after dark pics of DSH from Putnam Ln. Some of them came out pretty well.
3-19-06 Weekly DSH update, Grove Hall still standing, so is the Grey Gables.
3-11-06 Weekly DSH update, photos from different sides of the hill and Grove Hall.
3-9-06 Added a picture gallery of the Portsmouth turntable.
3-4-06 General weekly DSH Update.
3-2-06 DSH Update, Farm Hall being demolished.
2-17-06 Destruction of the Bonner Medical Building and the former Danvers State Hospital grounds.
12-4-05 Added a picture gallery of Rick Keller's New England Rails layout in Georgetown.
5-24-05 Added yet another new movie. This one
shows the Downeaster rounding the sharp curve in Lawrence heading west.
To the left of the Downeaster is the Sperry Rail Services 146 on the siding
between the M&L and the former Lowell and Lawrence which is now and
industrial spur. This movie is a short download and is no problem for those
on dialup connections. Comments welcome. Enjoy
Scroll down to the bottom of the movies page
and you will see the link for the new short film.
4-8-05 Added another alt.binaries.pictures.rail gallery. Another 500 or so pictures.
4-5-05 Addee some more alt.binaries.pictures.rail pictures. Recommend you check them out.
1-16-05 Added some pictures of the Salem and Lowell
RR in Lowell, in the S&L Lowell section.
1/14/05 Added new links page to Danvers State Hospital page.
1-9-05 Added two new pictures to the main page with the theme of "winterizing" the page. Changing out the fall picture with a couple of winter ones. It's supposed to be 60 this Thursday but for now we have plenty of snow thanks to a storm on Saturday.
12-17-04 Added an index page for the model railroad layouts that have been added recently
12-6-4 Had to restore from backup after new 200 GB hard drive failed to perform properly. Should have known better than to go with Maxtor. Looks like we are back to where we were. The site is on a raid of two scsi high speed drives. Making a new backup as I type this. Please email if you come across any problem with the site.
11-8-04 Converted M&L
Derry page over to picture gallery. Please note that in the new galleries
there will be a home button that is available on every page, this button
takes you back to the opening page.
This replaces the
Exit to Main Menu text found at the top of some galleries.
11-1-04 Added some pictures
to the Alfred page, including pictures of the former freight house.
10-26-04 Converted the Merrimac branch page to a picture gallery and updated picture descriptions.
10-23-04 Added link to interesting
article about a head on collision between two trains on the WN&P in
Hampstead NH.
High Resolution
Scan of same article.
10-22-04 Added link to an interesting Edaville RR booklet to the main menu.
10-12-04 Updated the Ayer / Fort Devens page. Converted to picture gallery.
10-11-04 Here are some pictures of the former Process Engineering / Chart plant in Plaistow NH.
7-19-04 Improved the Portsmouth Branch page.
7-19 Updated travel log with adventures in Manchester NH.
3-7-04 Visit to Rockingham Jct with Lisa as well as North Andover and then down to Woburn
2-29-04
Finally an update. Thanks to a phone call from Lisa, we went exploring
on the Eastern Route just north of the Merrimack River.
10-21-03
Added another gallery of Danvers State Hospital Pictures.
10-16-03
Finally something new. Monson Engine #3 in Bedford MA
8-15-03
Added some industrial archaeology pics of Amesbury
7-30-03
Added a section on the Asylum behind Asylum Station on the Essex RR, including
over 350 pictures from both the top and the bottom of the hill. This is
a very interesting place that unfortunately is not long for this world
if developers get their way.
7-6-03 Added several 1920
ALA maps, they're quite large but they are very detailed and are a great
resource for following old railroad lines.
7-1-03 Found another
Edaville Book.
6-29-03
Found this book on Edaville, thought it was interesting.
6-16-03
Matt's pictures of yesterday's trip to Lawrence
6-15-02
Adventures with Matt and Lisa in Lawrence and Tewksbury.
6-11-03
Updated travel log with pictures of the F&L in Acton, Westford, and
Chelmsford
6-3-03 Updated the
travel log with todays trips to North Lawrence and Methuen
6-2-03 Bob Allen's
Stingey River RR has been converted to gallery format. See link below for
page format.
5-31-03 Added
index of picture galleries.
5-30-03
update travel log with todays short adventures in Amesbury and Salisbury.
This update is optimized for dialup users. Comments are requested.
5-27-03 Added
picture gallery with new pictures to the F&L section
5-26-03
Added South Reading branch section to the page
5-17-03
Added Hampton section to Eastern Route Page.
5-17-03
Added picture gallery of photos from Shawsheen, Lowell Junction, and Lawrency
Yard.
5-17-03
Added Hampton Falls sectin to Eastern Route page.
5-13-03
Added Seabrook section to Eastern Route page.
5-7-03 Added Newburyport section to Eastern RR section. 240 new pictures.
5-5-03 Added a section on the Newburyport RR in Wakefield.
4-25-03 Part 5 of 5 of Sundays trip to Newburyport.
4-24-03 Part 4 of 5 of Sundays trip to Newburyport.
4-23-03 Updated the travel log with the rest of Matt's pictures from Sunday's trip.
4-22-03 Updated the travel log with part two of Sunday's trip.
4-21-03 Updated the travel log with Sunday's trip to Newburyport. Part 1 of 5.
4-18-03 Added fifth and final part of Sunday's trip.
4-17-03 Added part 4. No smudges.
4-14-03 Updated travel log with part 1 of Sundays trip to Salem Haverhill Atkinson and Newton
4-12-03 Updated travel log with pictures of the WN&P from Sandown to Epping.
4-8-03 Update travel log with Sundays tour with Lisa to Danvers, Tewksbury and Lowell.
4-3-03 Updated travel log with Sundays tour with Matt and Lisa.
3-24-03 Added Pictures to the Merrimac Branch section.
3-23-03 Added pictures to the Amesbury Branch section.
3-20-03
Added a page on the Essex Railroad in Peabody.
3-18-03 Updated travel log with a section on Danvers.
3-9-03 Updated travel log with yesterdays trip to Wakefield.
1-21-03 Travel log update on
Sundays trip to Larry MA to check out the Lowell and Larry.
1-10-03 Did some more work
on the WN&P town by town section. Added a page on East Lebanon Maine.
1-10-03 Added Springvale
Maine to the WN&P town by town section.
1-10-03 Added Alfred to the
WN&P town by town section.
1-10-03 I found
a booklet on Edaville printed in the 70's, here it is.
12-16-02 Added travel log update for Saturdays trip to North Reading and North Andover.
12-8-02 Added Manchester section to Manchester and Lawrence page.
12-4-02 Added text to the Manchester and Lawrence Lawrence page.
12-3-02
Added Lawrence section on the M&L page. Will do text another day.
12-2-02
Added Methuen section on the Manchester and Lawrence page.
12-1-02
Changed around the Amesbury Branch page, added picture of downtown Amesbury
in the 20's.
12-1-02
Added text and commentary to the M&L in Londonderry page.
11-30-02 Updated the Manchester and Lawrence page with pictures of the M&L in Londonderry.
11-30-02 Added text and commentary to the M&L Derry page.
11-29-02 Updated the Manchester
and Lawrence page with pictures of the M&L in Derry
11-29-02 Updated the Manchester and Lawrence page with pictures of the M&L in Windham.
11-29-02 Updated links page with 4 new interesting links.
11-28-02 Updated the Links page
with a couple of interesting links.
11-27-02 Updated Essex RR
page with 160 pictures of the Essex RR in Middleton.
11-25-02 Updated Travel Log
with Archaeology Tour of 11-24-02
11-20-02 Updated Newburyport
Branch
11-20-02 Updated Links Page
11-20-02 Started new section
on the Western Route
11-17-02 Updated Portsmouth Branch page including some 70 pictures of Rockingham Jct.
11-14-02 Short trip to Tewksbury
11-13-02
New section on the Eastern Route
11-13-02
Updated Links Page.
11-11-02 updated travel log with adventures on the Georgetown Branch and the S&L.
11-9-02
Updated Travel Log, Middleton and Peabody.
11-7-02
Added Salem and Lowell RR
6-17 Added more comments to 6-15 travel log listed below.
6-15
Ayer and Fort Devens
6-10-02 Time in Salisbury and Seabrook on the old Eastern
6-9-02 Todays adventures in Nashua, Manchester, and Londonderry
6-8-02 finally an update. Updated the travel log with adventures in Bedford and along the NAB.
6/17/01 A very interesting update from Jeff Decaprio, see his travel log for full details.
4/18/01 Update on the weekends trip to S. Middleton.
4/8/01 Update on todays adventures in Dunstable, MA, Nashua, and all over Rockingham County.
2/22/01 Quick update on new use for the old Westville Homes property.
2/18/01 Quick update on what little has been going on the last couple of months.
12/20/00 Updated the travel log with my adventures Sunday in the warm wind and rain up in Andover following the old Andover and Wilmington.
12/19/00 An update in Jeff's travel log and updated the links page.
12/03/00 Updated the travel log with todays mission to Newburyport.
11/26/00 Two new updates from Jeff Decaprio in Jeff's Travel Log.
11/25/00 Added some pictures from the F & L.
11/22 Added new section on the F&L
11/20 Updated the travel log with Sundays trip to Tewksbury and Lowell.
11/18 Several updates. Some dated, one blanket update as well.
10/17/00 Another fine update from Mr. Decaprio. Please note that I broke with tradition and posted Jeff's updates in chronological order to make them easier to read. His new updates are below the older ones.
Friday the 13th: Second part of Jeff's travel log entry is now online.
10/10/00 Guest travel log entry by Jeff Decaprio.
7/29/00 Posted a blanket update covering a couple of weekends.
7/12/00 Updated log with Sundays trip to Springvale and Alfred.
7/11/00 Updated log with Sats trip to Alfred (I'm a little behind)
7/2/00 Updated log with Fridays trip to Springvale.
6/25/00 Updated log with todays cursory look at the Cocheco RR between Gonic and Dover.
6/24/00 Updated log with todays trip to Alfred, Springvale, and East Lebanon.
6/23/00 Updated log with tonites trip to Billerica Shops.
6/21/00 Updated log with last Sundays trip to Hamilton and Essex.
6/11/00 Updated log with todays trip to Essex.
6/10/00 Brought the travel log up to date. Started
a new file because the old one was too big. The old one is still online.
5/31/00 Updated the travel log with Sundays trip
to East Lebanon, Springvale, and Alfred
5/27/00 Updated log with todays trip to Ayer
5/26/00 Updated the log with todays trip to Epping and Hampton.
5/19/00 Updated the travel log with last weekends trips as well as a trip a few days ago on the WN&P in Hampstead.
5/8/00 Updated the log with Sundays and Mondays trips.
5/6/00 Updated the travel log with Sat's trip.
5/5/00 Updated travel log with todays trips to Tewksbury and Fremont.
5/4/00 Updated travel log with quick trip on the Fremont Branch.
4/30/00 Updated the travel log with this and last weekends adventures.
4/20/00 Updated the travel log with last Sunday's trip to East Lebanon.
4/17/00 Updated travel log with Friday and Sat's trips.
4/8/00 Updated travel log with trip to Barrington, Rochester, S. Lebanon, and Candia
4/2/00 Updated travel log with trip to Tewksbury, Sandown, Auburn, and Raymond.
4/1/00 Quick trip to Amesbury, updated travel log.
3/31/00 Quick trip to Hamilton/Wenham investigating the line to Asbury Grove and the line to Essex.
3/30/00 Big update, covers the last few weeks, Danvers, Tewksbury, Greenland, and Amesbury primarily.
3/22/00 Updated the travel log with todays quick trip to West Andover
3/8/00 Updated travel log with part of last weekends trip out to Tewksbury. Put several maps and quite a few pics online.
3/1/00 Updated travel log with todays continued investigation of Plaistows "secret spur."
2/29/00 Added about 12 pics to the page, added pics of Amesbury, as well as from the drawbridge carrying the Eastern Route over the Merrimac River. Look in the travel log, page down till you get to the sections on Amesbury and Salisbury and the pics will be there.
2/28/00 Added pictures from over the weekend to illustrate the travel log. I have more from the weekend that will be going on this week as I get time.
2/27/00 Updated travle log with todays trip to
Salisbury, Amesbury, Plaistow, Windham, Sandown, Epping, Newmarket, and
a few other places.
2/14/00 Updated the travel log with Sundays trip.
2/9/00 Worked in Plaistow today, had some time to check out Atkinson. Updated travel log with details.
2/7/00 Had some extra time today, was down in Rowley, went up route 1 to check out the Eastern and Amesbury branches again. See the travel log for the update.
2/6/00 Updated the travel log with todays return trip along the Amesbury Branch and along the Eastern.
2/01/00 Updated the travel log with Sunday's trip along the Eastern in Southern NH.
1/23/00 Updated the travel log with todays trip along the Amesbury Branch.
1/2/00 Updated travel log with todays quick trip to Salem NH.
1/1/00 Updated the travel log with todays trip to North Andover and over to Bradford.
12/9/99 Started the Amesbury Branch page.
12/9/99 Redid the opening page for the M&L added a better map and a timetable.
12/9/99 Added a page for Middleton on the Lawrence Branch, uploaded 9 pictures of the ROW in Middleton.
12/9/99 Started the Newburyport Branch page.
12/8/99 Started the Portsmouth Branch page.
12/4/99 Updated travel log with todays trip on the Merrimac Branch.
11/25/99 Updated the travel log with todays trip along the Essex RR in the rain.
11/24/99 Updated the travel log with todays trip on the Merrimac Branch.
11/22/99 Updated the travel log with 11/21/99 and 11/22/99 adventures.
11/16/99 Updated the M&L Salem page with quite
a few more pictures, also updated the Georgetown Branch with an additional
picture and added several pictures to the WN&P Town by Town Derry page.
11/15/99 Updated travel log with todays trip on
the Newburyport RR between Topsfield and Georgetown.
Updated the following WN&P Town by Town pages with new pictures........
Danville, Sandown, and Derry.
11/9/99 Updated travel log with a little info on todays trip to Newburyport.
11/7/99 Added a couple of pics to the WN&P
Windham page, including one of Anderson Station burning.
Added a few pictures to the WN&P Hampstead page.
10/31/99 Updated the travel log with todays trip to Hollis, Nashua, Hudson, Windham, Derry, Fremont, Epping, and might have crossed into Raymond. Great day.
10/30/99 Put a few more pics on the WN&P Windham page.
10/29/99 Updated travel log with todays adventures
in Windham and Salem.
Updated town by town Windham page
with new pictures, including a few of the burned down
West Windham Station.
10/28/99 Updated travel log with yesterdays adventures in Windham and West Windham.
10/26/99 Updated the travel log with todays rides in Hampstead and Windham.
10/23/99 Updated the travel log with todays minor adventures in Groveland, MA.
10/22/99 Updated the travel log with todays adventures.
Updated WN&P Town by Town Rochester, South Lebanon, and Hudson pages.
Added a few pics to each.
10/21/99 Updated the travel log page with todays adventures.
10/20/99 Updated WN&P town by town Epping and Barrington pages.
10/19/99 Updated WN&P town by town Fremont page with new pictures.
10/19/99 Updated Travel log with todays adventures.
10/18/99 Updated WN&P town by town Rochester and Danville pages.
10/17/99 Updated Travel log with todays adventures.
10/16/99 Updated Travel log with todays adventures.
10/15/99 Updated Travel log with todays adventures.
10/14/99 Updated WN&P Hudson page.
10/14/99 Update WN&P Town by Town Fremont, Sandown, and Hampstead pages. Added more pictures.
10/13/99 Updated Travel log with adventures of 10/12 and 10/13
10/9 Updated the main page and well as several of the WN&P pages in an attempt to make them look nicer.
10/6 Minor update to M&L Salem Page, added some text.
10/5 Added Manchester and Lawrence Branch index page and pictures and maps of Salem N.H.
10/4 Updated Travel Log with adventures from 10/3. Was too tired to
do it last night.
Added South Lebanon,
ME to WN&P town by town page.
Updated WN&P Barrington
page.
Update WN&P Rochester
page.
Updated WN&P Hudson
page
Updated WN&P Windham
page.
Updated WN&P Hampstead
page.
10/2 Updated Travel Log with todays adventures. Rochester and Barrington. Had a good day.
10/1 added new section called Travel Log, this will document where I've been and what I've seen.
9/30 Updated Georgetown branch, added map, removed pictures beyond Georgetown
as these will go on the Newburyport RR page at some point in the future.
The G-town branch only went as far as Georgetown. From there you're on
the Newburyport RR.
Updated the Merrimac Branch page,
fixed some minor errors.
9/29 Updated Merrimac Branch
Updated WN&P Fremont
Page.
9/28 Updated the Barrington WN&P town by town page.
9/27 Added Lee to the WN&P town by town page.
9/26 Updated the Epping town by town page.
9/24 Added Danville to WN&P town by town page.
Updated Fremont
on WN&P town by town page.
9/23 Updated town by town Hampstead
page.
Updated
town by town Sandown page.
9/22 The opening page was getting too crowded. Made a separate page for the WN&P thus clearing a lot of links off the opening page.
9/20/ added a bunch of pictures
to the Georgetown Branch section.
Updated the town by town Windham
page.
Updated the town by town Derry
page.
9/19/ added a couple of new pictures along the Georgetown
Branch in Bradford.
added What's New section.
Fixed broken links on the town by town page.
More text and pictures added to Merrimac Branch page.
Added text and pictures to the town by town Windham page.