Railroad Graffiti

As a blogger some days I get writers block. I sit here and just don't know what to write. I find a picture to share but the words don't come to me. Then I just type what's on my mind. Do you think that graffiti "artists" ever get that feeling?

This filthy filthy train was rolling eastbound somewhere between Denver and Limon, Colorado.

Black Vultures at Conowingo

Bradley and I may not have seen a lot of Bald Eagles on our trip down to Conowingo Dam last month but we did see a whole bunch of Black Vultures. Many roosted near the parking area were all the photographers (and me) were set up. They have a face only a mother can love, don't you think?

Marshmallow Farming

Sorry for the lacking of posts this weekend, the Holidays have me running around like a mad man. No, This isn't really marshmallows these are bales of hay wrapped in plastic to keep them out of the weather until they are needed to feed livestock over the almost here winter.

20. Cumberland County Fire Stations

OK, time to revel the answers. Thanks again to Wally and Sparky for the before pictures this week.

First station... Citizens Fire Company No. 1 of Enola. Cumberland County Co. 18. Part of the East Pennsboro Fire Department. 230 North Enola Drive in Enola. Organized in 1905 (as the Enola Fire Company No. 1), their station was built in 1928 and dedicated in 1929. In 1942 they reorganized as the Citizens Fire Company.

Second station... Citizens Fire and Rescue Company No. 2 of Mechanicsburg. Cumberland County Company 27. The Citizens Fire Company was formed in 1903 and the new firehouse was built between 1903 and 1905 on South York Street. In 1975 they merged with the Rescue Hook and Ladder Company and became the Citizens Fire And Rescue Company.

Third station... Midway Fire Company No. 2, 17 East Manor Avenue, Enola. Cumberland County Company 17. Part of the East Pennsboro Fire Department. It looks as if their website was just redone and there is no history listed. So, I don't have any information about them. They Run a Truck and an Engine out of this station.

Name That Station 20

"I See a Red Door" edition. Same rules as always. These are station from Cumberland and/or Franklin Counties. All pictures this week are from the files of Wally and the scanner of Sparky. Thanks again and again to you guys. I think I have two more, from what you sent me, that I need to follow up on before we post them. Good luck, answers at 1:01 pm.

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Evening Cirrus

Hey, two days of waking up before the sun comes up, walking out into the dark woods and enduring half a morning in the rain wasn't all for nothing. Look at the clouds that filled the sky just before sunset. Can't wait to do it again.

Rogers Paint, Pepsi and Coke (PG 159)

This is in Fremont North Carolina, intersection of Main Street and Goldsboro Street. I stopped when I saw the Pepsi/Coke signs but got a bigger surprise when I got out of the truck to get some better pictures. (No the wife and daughter didn't drive off in embarrassment) More on the surprise another week. The top sign says "We Sell Rogers Paint, The mark of Quality" The current occupant is Natalie's Hair & Tanning. Must have been a hardware store once upon a time.