Merry Christmas

1 - This Christmas enjoy the holiday trains from South Station:



2 - follow this link to a great Christmas story (be patient for the first commercial, the story is worth waiting for)

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4003490&affil=wpvi

3 - and to recognize our countrymen and women serving in the military:



Merry Christmas to one and all!


PS - thanks to Joan at Songs of Experience for the link to ABC News

South Station - Clock runs on time!

South Station - Clock runs on time!, originally uploaded by shersteve.

While this clock runs on time, I found out as Friday night progressed that I had indeed made it out of Boston while the getting was good.

Apparently there was a switch failure at South Station after my 4:30 train left for Franklin. The 4:50 train to Norwood Central was canceled. No word on T-Alerts as to what happened to the 5:10 but the 5:40 ran 40 minutes late, the 6:15 was running 20-25 minutes late, then about 7:30 the announcement was that all trains were running 15 minutes late.

South Station - Model trains

South Station - Model trains, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Got a chance to take some photos of the finished work at South Station.

Top left, the power cable that started it all.
The remainder show scenes in the winter setting with the train making its rounds.

While waiting for the commuter rail to be announced, this is worth spending some time watching. One women brought a chair over so her son could stand up and peek over the barrier. The gleam in his eye watching the trains and scenery was priceless.