Today was fairly warm, up to the upper 60s (really the calm before the storm, since they're predicting 6" of snow for Friday). So this afternoon the little guy and I drove out to Millis to take a look at an old train station.
There's some good info about this train station on this site. One thing it doesn't answer, though, is if the station was built in 1886, why does it say "1885" above the windows on the turret?
Front of the Millis Train Station
Side of station
"All aboard!" shouts the diminutive would-be conductor.
Instead of waiting for a train that was clearly quite late, we headed southwest along the tracks.
We came upon a number of levers along the way that controlled the switches. This switch stand was patented in 1930. (If you're fascinated by this kind of stuff, check out this PPT on switching and other equipment. Slide 8 contains more information about this particular switch stand.)
The tracks from the station go by a warehouse at 1073 Main St., Millis, a little over half a mile away.
End of the line
All in all, it was a nice walk on a beautiful afternoon. I found some more information about this train station here. Now the wind is howling outside, and the temperature has dropped 30 degrees. Love me that New England weather...
