A VISIT TO THE BEACON HILL RAILROAD September 15, 2007

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Cliff, Kay, and I were the first to arrive.  That's Cliff on the left and our host Mike on the right, behind a double-track covered bridge that detaches for module duty.

Mike has lots of locomotives but he just loves Shays, so let's start with a picture of heavily-weathered Shay No. 5, complete with Phoenix sound system.

The Pennsy Mogul lost its train inside the bridge due to mismatched couplers.

Now back on its way, the train passes the watchman's shanty and heads uphill.

At the top of the hill, the train crosses a pair of wooden truss bridges.

This is the steepest climb on the railroad.  Looks like she's going to make it.

Then the little train scoots across the top of a cliff...

...and then cruises downhill into the sun.  It was a cool, windy day.

So we'll end this picture spread with the Shay pulling a log train with genuine logs.

A unique water tower on the lower part of the main line.