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I did my first Maine railfanning today at Northern Maine Junction in Hermon, Maine just outside Bangor. Posted 16 years ago today.

My wife and I visited Portugal in May 2022. I recounted how we spent time in Porto and then Lisbon, and traveled between the two cities by train. Now let’s talk about trams in Portugal. First, Porto.

I was gutted to hear that Tim Dryden died on December 29, 2024, at the age of 45.

I went back through the photos I took in 2024 and rated them, then sifted through the higher rated ones and chose one per month. I already did January to June, and now I present July to December 2024.

I went back through the photos I took in 2024 and rated them, then sifted through the higher rated ones and chose one per month. Some months were pretty easy, but some – I’m looking at you, May, June and September – it was really hard to choose just one photo. So I cheated a bit.

When life gives you lemons… try a different angle. I know, that’s not how it goes.

I want to wish everyone reading this a happy holiday season, however you choose to celebrate it. In the depths of winter here in Canada, we’re glad to take a little break at the end of the year – at least the 25th, 26th and the 1st.

A chance meeting with Michael Landsberg, sports personality and a founder of #SickNotWeak.

I look at the three years that we spent in Shearwater as my most formative years. It was there that I changed from a kid into a teenager, and where I started many of the habits and pursuits that I still continue today.

This is a CN Car Control manual for Prince Edward Island in 1980. The manual is from the collection of John Stewart of Charlottetown and was scanned by Taylor Main.