As some might know I usually head on an expedition every year to record the progress on the Greenbush line. We have made a trek from the beginning of new trackage at Green Jct to Greenbush annually for several years, now. Progress has finally taken hold throughout much of the line. Within only the last year did much of the right of way get cleared of trees, rocks, and such. The line has rapidly moved forward with grade crossings completed installed at various road/rail junctures. Trackage has been installed in many places. Concrete ties are down in a number of places. Some things still look like they are a long way from completion.

This is a remnant of the signaling system for a grade crossing. This was installed over forty years ago by the New Haven railroad. She is on the other side of the row in Hingham from the duck pond. Hingham is a very interesting town. I do not think that the architecture is very significant. I actually find that much of housing stock and businesses are a duplication of other New England towns. I believe the town with the interesting character would be either Scituate or Cohasset.

Why?

Look at this picture.

This is downtown Hingham section of the ROW. The tunnel is almost complete. Many complaints were made that the trains would damage sensitive buildings. I have to ask if the tunnel is immediately adjacent to your building’s foundation, then how did the tunnel not potentially damage your property? The cry of sensitive buildings being exposed to an anachronistic piece of railroading are way over overblown. Look at the building on the left in the picture. This is the replacement train station that the New Haven built. It is not a relic from the 19th Century! The buildings on the right demonstrate little charm and some are not in an excellent state of repair.

This tunnel operation will expose the MBTA to a large maintenance bill. Should anything wrong happen in the tunnel, then the MBTA would be facing a very large liability. Plus, the railroad could not be built for an afforable number and provide a high speed service. The train will not be able to move 70 miles per an hour through the tunnel. Service on the line is not going to reach very high speeds. This is another problem with the design on the Greenbush line that will lead to capacity problems as all of the people from Hingham ride the train.

This picture is off the cut in Weymouth Landing. The cut, itself, is very close to completion at this stage. Again, this is another location which is below the water table.

This is the platform at the Weymouth train station. It was shot with a telephoto. Fortunately, the MBTA has planned for long high level platforms to speed loading and unloading of the trainsets.

N1EY

Good afternoon,

I just rode 75 miles on the south shore. The weather varied considerably. Sometimes, it would rain. Other times, it would threaten. However, much of the time was nice and sunny. I discovered the carousel of former Paragon Park is a treat. I sat in the shelter and avoided the rain. As the carousel rotates you can a nice draft.

I didn’t see K1LWI on top of Fort Revere and I got a little worried. I didn’t see his car in the driveway, so he must be off to Quincy!

I was browsing the web and came across this site.

An American ham went to visit the large Japanese Ham radio convention. It is very neat. He has some great pictures of the equipment on display. The above picture was taken by him on the roof of the convention center. They put up some big and beefy antennae! Just click on the picture to look at his website.

N1EY

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This is the type of question that many of you would ponder. So, the few at N1EY decided that we must locate an answer for this question. In order to provide an unbiased opinion worthy of publication on the Internet, we required to obtain two individuals to make the comparison. We took Mr. Murphy and Mr. O’Hara to Pete’s package in Rock Vegas.

Mr. Murphy asked to try his name first. Mr. O’Hara had the opportunity to pour his heritage on the second round. Mr. Murphy retained the privilege for the third round, but he acquiesced to Mr. O’Hara.

So, there you have it. Mr. O’Hara has the superior stout behind his name. Would you expect, no less?

N1EY

Good evening,

Many members will be participating in the activities at the New England Division Convention in Boxboro next weekend.  We hope to see you there.  Things are progressing along in the tower errection process.  We have also worked to improve internet connectivity in the library.

N1EY

K1WN, NT1G. K1GUG, and N1EY have rigged up the first section of the tower.  Yes, the concrete is in the ground!  We have plumbed out the base section to level.  We are looking for a donation of an anti-climb system.  More sections will be going up in due time.  K1GUG is going to take care of the wall bracket and guying points, first.

Things are looking good.

N1EY