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The Canadian railway modeling community suffered a big loss recently. Morgan Turney, founder and editor of Canadian Railway Modeller magazine, passed away on February 6, 2025, at the age of 77.

I’m taking a little pause from posting.

My father was a real estate agent after his military service. When someone referred a client to him, he would give them a little thank you gift.

Tram line 28E (“carreira número 28” in Portuguese) is the most popular streetcar route in Lisbon for tourists. Featuring classic streetcars from the 1930s, this storied line starts at Martim Moniz and winds its way “clockwise” through the Graça and Alfama areas of Lisbon. I rode the “right” / east loop.

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.