Last Saturday was a somewhat rare sunny day for June in Bellingham. I took a WTA bus up to Blaine and then bicycled back to Bellingham. 
I've been reading about efforts to preserve the old railroad depot in Blaine. There were plans to move it to Blaine Harbor and use it as a ferry terminal, but those efforts have run into a few snags. Just leaving it where it is looks reasonable to me, except I read that BNSF Railroad wants to expand their tracks where it's at and has plans to tear it down.
I'm wondering if they could expand the track to the west, rather than through where the depot is now? Preserve the depot where it's at?
Peace Portal Drive is the main drag through town, right behind where the depot is now. They've done a good job developing plazas along the street. Couldn't a walkway connect the old depot area to businesses along Peace Portal which are right behind it? Couldn't some use be found where it's at? Seems like a lot of trouble to move the depot.
It must have, but I haven't seen for sure. Momentous moment in history if it did.
Thomas Viaduct was built in the 1830s for B&O Railroad.
Back in the days when stone was still king in construction.
Viaduct has had a long history and is still in use today. Located at Relay, MD.
Someone I know is interested in railroad history and told me about the viaduct. I've never seen it myself. Or maybe I did go over it in 2nd grade when my family took the train to Washington DC.
Much of US history is also the history of technology.
In the beginnings, like Roman times, a great nation built with stone.
Steel came along later; the steel bridges and skyscrapers we experience today.
Composite fiber is becoming more common as time goes on. Boeing aircraft is even working on their "Dreamliner" made from fiber; basically.
And then there's fiber optic cable. Knitting the world together through the Internet.
History keeps adding new chapters. I'm glad Obama chose to arrive by train. The train is a neat way to go. January 20 is almost here.
I've been reading about efforts to preserve the old railroad depot in Blaine. There were plans to move it to Blaine Harbor and use it as a ferry terminal, but those efforts have run into a few snags. Just leaving it where it is looks reasonable to me, except I read that BNSF Railroad wants to expand their tracks where it's at and has plans to tear it down. 