Moran Towing maintains at least three and often four tugs in Portsmouth to assist with river traffic that brings several million tons of cargo a year – coal, natural gas, road salt, and products for a Foreign Trade Zone – up the the Piscataqua River and through Portsmouth Harbor.—portsmouthnh.com This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Old Train Station (1872) building of the Connecticut River Railroad is located in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The railroad located along the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, formed in 1845. Its main line was from Springfield to East Northfield, Massachusetts. It built several branches such as Easthampton and over the years acquired additional lines in Vermont. The railroad was acquired by the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1893. The station has served various functions since the Easthampton rail line was abandoned in 1984. Currently the station building is a bagel shop located next to the old rail-bed that has been converted into the Manhan Rail Trail. This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Washington Union Station is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters and the railroad's second-busiest station with annual ridership of just under 5 million riders. The station is the southern terminus of the Northeast Corridor, an electrified rail line extending north through major cities including Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston and the busiest passenger rail line in the nation. An intermodal facility, Union Station also serves commuter rail services, the Washington Metro, intercity bus lines, and local Metrobus buses. In 1988, a headhouse wing was added and the original station renovated for use as a shopping mall. Today, Union Station is one of the busiest rail facilities and shopping destinations in the United States, and is visited by over 40 million people a year.—Wikipedia
