Saturday, July 12, 2014

Trestle

Saturday night was often a 'night out on the town' for our family. Usually, it was a quick trip over to Starfford Farms ice cream stand in Scarborough ( I was on an orange sherbet kick) and then the cream-colored with red trim station wagon headed back to the city. Our destination? Eastern Prom. And what was the immense highlight of our Saturday evening? That was easy... looking off to the left and waiting for the thick black smoke of the Mountain Division locomotive to appear, as it made its way across the black trestle near Burnham and Morrill Baked Beans Company (see chimney to left of trestle) to the Grand Trunk Station.
Watching that approaching black smoke. 
Now, THAT was an exciting night out!
The trestle's still there, albeit turned side ways to discourage trespassers.
I heard there's an osprey nest out there somewhere.
In younger days, I would have headed out.
Thought better about it this morning.
These days, I'm foolish, not stupid.

14 comments:

  1. Simple pleasures are the best plus Scarborough Fair!!

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  2. Live and learn, Birdman, live and learn. :-)

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  3. When I was growing up, we had a similar Saturday night tradition. Ice cream and then maybe a drive to the lock and dam to watch the barges go through. Barge traffic on the Mississippi was a constant.

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  4. I wonder if the trestle still works...

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  5. Another pic from memory lane!

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  6. Funny...I think we lose some of the joy of life when we head off and look for more excitement than ice cream and a locomotive. Though orange sherbet has evolved, I'm back to thinking ice cream cones have a lot to offer.

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  7. I sure remember B&M Baked Beans, sold all over the northeast. Spewing locomotives were discouraged in the big city during my youth. There was always plenty of other stuff spewing in New York.

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  8. Neat memory. I too love those old engines and even got to ride in them occasionally as our neighbors in St. Paul was a engineer for the Milwaukee Road..:)

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  9. i just love the word trestle.

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