Remember our bicycle tour in May?We rode from Washington DC to Pittsburgh PA.
The trip was a combination of the C&O Canal Towpath
and the Great Allegheny Passage, a rail-trail.
These are the first mileposts we noticed.
The one on the left is an original, maybe 180 years old.
On the right is a typical milepost by the National Park Service.
Mile 184 was the goal of our toughest day.
We were elated to finally see it.
While near Hancock MD we took advantage of the Western Maryland Railtrail.Here is a milepost left by the Western Maryland Railroad.
It's just a piece of rail with paint.
Below is a typical milepost on the Great Allegheny Passage.
It's not vintage by any means.
Above is a concrete milepost of the WM Railroad.
I think the 'B' indicates miles from Boston.
A milepost remaining from the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad.The P&LE met the WM at Connellsville PA.
Railroads used whistleposts to alert engineers to blow their whistles.
Road crossings were / are not always easy to see.
The perfect tri-fecta, a railroad milepost, a whistlepost,
and a Great Allegheney Passage Milepost
all in the same shot. Does it get any better?
and a Great Allegheney Passage Milepost
all in the same shot. Does it get any better?
3 comments:
Nice snaps.
Trifecta...
Ok What is a whistlepost?
Is that little post in the background the third one?
Lets see your August trip.
The whistlepost is the one with the "W". It certainly isn't a campaign sticker. The third post in the background is one of the trail mileposts. It's a fiberglass thing.
The whistlepost is the one with the "W". It certainly isn't a campaign sticker. The third post in the background is one of the trail mileposts. It's a fiberglass thing.
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