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Locomotive No.2 'Ammonoosuc' at the base station of the Mount Washington Cog Railway. This is currently the oldest locomotive operating on this line, having been built in 1875 at the Manchester Locomotive Works and subsequently rebuilt after the major fire of 1895.

In 1850, Jacob Berry and Peter Paddleford built a covered bridge to replace a crudely framed log bridge that had collapsed at this site. This bridge stood until the Swift River covered bridge crashed into it in 1869. The Saco River covered bridge was rebuilt by Allen and Warren of Conway but it was destroyed again by a tannery fire in 1890. The current bridge was built by Charles Broughton and his son Frank. The design is Paddleford truss with added arches.

A panoramic reminder of the autumn colours from a visit in 2015.

Climbing hard on the Mount Washington Cog Railway. The black dots are falling char that has been thrown out by the locomotive.

The Rockingham is a historic hotel building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It was originally built in 1785 as a residence by Woodbury Langdon, prominent merchant and politician. Thomas Coburn converted it into a hotel in 1833. Frank Jones, who was, among other things, mayor of Portsmouth, a US Representative, and a brewer, bought it in 1870. After a fire in 1884, Jones rebuilt it extensively. The only significant part saved from Langdon's mansion was the dining room, which is now the Library Restaurant. The building incorporates lions, Jones's personal symbol, terracotta sculptures of the Four Seasons of Man, and busts of Jones and Langdon. It was a hotel until 1973 and is now condominiums. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Locomotive No.2 'Ammonoosuc' and its coach are leaving the summit of the Mount Washington Cog Railway. I had travelled up the mountain on this train but the conditions were so cold that the operators sent it back immediately due to worries about the water in the tender and its connections becoming frozen if they waited for an hour or so. This is currently the oldest locomotive operating on this line, having been built in 1875 at the Manchester Locomotive Works and subsequently rebuilt after the major fire of 1895.

The World War I Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge that carries U.S. Route 1 across the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine. A large overhead plaque facing traffic on the bridge reads "Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who gave their lives in the World War 1917-1919." The lift span can be fully opened to allow large commercial vessels to pass. During summer, the lift section remains partially elevated every half-hour between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. for about 15 minutes. This allows smaller commercial and recreational boat traffic. The bridge is currently the only one of the three Piscataqua River bridges with provisions for pedestrians and bicycles. This bridge replaced the original structure that was completed in 1923 and closed in 2011. The opening of the new bridge in August 2013 was reported in the local paper thus:- New Hampshire and Maine celebrated the opening of a new bridge Thursday that has become a steel symbol of their past cooperation and their commitment to future commerce. The $81.4 million Memorial Bridge between Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine, replaces one that was built in 1923 and closed in 2011. As she did 90 years ago at age 5, former Portsmouth mayor Eileen Foley did the ribbon-cutting honors, riding across the bridge in a golf cart with a bouquet of flowers on her lap. The crowd cheered as she cut the ribbon, then sang "God Bless America." Only in the USA! :-)

On a perfect autumn day the "Notch" train from Crawford is arriving at the North Conway base of the Conway Scenic Railroad. This long train was full to capacity with dining passengers who had been admiring the autumn colours in the mountains.

Late afternoon sunshine on a deserted beach at Echo Lake State Park.

The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge is a lift bridge that carries the US 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine. The bridge is a double deck truss bridge, with the US 1 Bypass road deck above and a railroad bed below. The bridge features two separate movable spans. While the main lift span and its towers are the obvious primary moving feature, the second moving span is only apparent to water and rail traffic. On the north side of the bridge, the first non-trussed section of rail bed lifts up and moves south as a retractable bridge, coming to rest on top of the rail tracks inside the truss. This creates a waterway large enough for most recreational boats to pass through without the need for interruption of automobile traffic on the bridge. Completed in 1940, the bridge is the second to carry motor vehicle traffic between Maine and New Hampshire at Portsmouth, and replaced a river crossing dating from 1822. A replacement bridge is now being constructed as a joint venture of Hardesty & Hanover and Figg Engineering. It will be higher than the current bridge, allowing for more ship traffic to pass underneath without opening the bridge. It will have 11 fewer piers in the river, as well as an improved collision system in the event of a ship impacting it. The Piscataqua River Bridge in the background carries Interstate 95 and was completed in 1971.

The first bridge over the Swift River on this site was constructed in 1857 and destroyed by a windstorm in 1858. It was replaced with this roofed structure in 1858 at a cost of $1,300 minus the amount previously paid for the original bridge. The bridge has wide shallow arches and sharply raked facades and the beams are in the form of Paddleford trusses. The U.S. Forest Service replaced the wooden floor timbers with steel in 1981-1982. It is 120ft long with a clear span of 100ft and has a weight restriction of 6 tons.

Autumn in New Hampshire as the lunch train on the Conway Scenic Railroad begins its descent from the summit at Crawford Notch back to North Conway.

On a rare clear day locomotive No.2 'Ammonoosuc' and its coach are close to the summit of the Mount Washington Cog Railway. This is currently the oldest locomotive operating on this line, having been built in 1875 at the Manchester Locomotive Works and subsequently rebuilt after the major fire of 1895. That may well be Canada in the distance.