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<\/a><\/p>\nNow serving as a tourist trap, it doesn’t look much like the grand terminal of a passenger station. \u00a0 It was strictly utilitarian, hauling mostly freight over a relatively short distance. \u00a0 But still they built this building to last and it has, since closing as a railroad in 1945.<\/p>\n
The terminal was unimpressive, but the roundhouse (the place where the engines lived, just like Thomas the Tank Engine) became a local landmark. \u00a0 When we first moved here it housed a local art pottery (also a sort of tourist trap). \u00a0 It was renovated a few years back, on one end is a restaurant\/brewpub and the other is an Urgent Care (handy in case one seriously over-indulges at the restaurant).<\/p>\n This is a place I enjoy coming to because it allows dogs. \u00a0 P and I always come here for her November birthday, and whenever we are in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n She is sick again and may not make it until her birthday next month, so we decided to stop in while the weather was fine and so was she. So we shared a hamburger and Brussel sprouts with bacon on a glorious fall day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m not sure why I like train stations, but I suppose taking an adventure on the train as a child left a favorable impression on me. \u00a0 And many train stations are relics of the past and I like those too. \u00a0In the interest of completeness I took these photos this week of the third … Continue reading Traces<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n