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View from Hailes Cave

This is a middle of summer view of the Berkshires from Hailes Cave area of Thacher State Park. At this time of year it is typical for this scene to be blurred by the haze of seasonal humidity. On this particular day in late August the air was exceptionally clear. …

Thacher Park View

Here is a 360^o from the picnic area near the Haile’s Cave area of Thacher State Park. This is an experiment to find an acceptable panorama view plugin that works in WordPress. So far, this is the best one I have found. The others I have tried are terrible.

If you go about ¹/₄ mile farther along the road from this site you will come to the gate for the rock climbing access. The views from this entire segment of the park are fabulous. On this day we could see all the way to the Berkshires.

Not bad, eh?

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Santa Fe Caboose at Lomita

I snapped this photo of an old Santa Fe caboose at the Lomita Railroad Museum in Southern California a few years ago. If you are in the area, be sure to check out this fascinating little museum. Visit www.lomita-rr-org.

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Locomotive 490 in the B & O Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Majestic yellow C & O Locomotive #490, built by ALCO now in the B & O Museum, Baltimore, MD. This photo was snapped in the early 1990s.

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Venice, California

Venice Beach, California — Ready for summer? Tired of staying indoors? Let’s pretend that we are on the beach in Venice, California. This photo is about 10 years old, but it is still a fav.

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Porter Steam Locomotive

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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lock

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal lock near Cumberland, Maryland. Scanned from 35mm color negative.

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Old Number 37

Here's is engine number 37 — Unfortunately, I do not remember where or when the photo was taken. It might have been on the Wilmington & Western line in the late 1990s. Scanned from 35mm slide and mildly Photoshopped to correct color errors.

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Narada Falls

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1936 Buick Business Coupe – Travel In Style

You never know what you will run into. Here is a stunning 1936 Buick Business Coupe that has been fully restored. This magnificant auto was on display at a car show in Richland, Washington back in September fo 2019. What a way to go! Travel in style, for sure.

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