Day 4 continues, winding down

End of my last full day in Boston. There is some sadness in leaving, but I think it is more sadness at going back to my real world. After supper I took a walk. I took in a bit of local culture, as in this sculpure in from of a grocery store. Down the street toward the Fenway.

I came back via the fountain at the Christian Science Center. I watched the children playing in the fountain.

Day 4, Train Watching from North Point Park

Amtrak Downeaster, front than back.

MBTA Work Train.

MBTA Commuter Rail, leaving or arriving North Station.

Day 4 continues, of sand castles and more

As things would work out, there was a sand sculpture contest not far in the past. There are examples of their work:

Day 4 continues, some time at the beach

A day at the beach might be nice. However, my reasons for going to Revere Beach were not to swim or sunbathe. First there was the T ride on the Blue Line. This was different. the Red and Orange are third rail electric while the Green is overhead electric. The Blue Line is a hybrid, third rail underground and overhead electric above. The line gets to Logan Airport and there the pantographs go up if going north and come down coming south.

Blue Line at Revere Beach heading north to Wonderland Station, current end of the line.

Blue Line Train at Revere Beach, coming into the station

Blue line is the current manifestation of an older railroad, somewhat realigned. The current Blue line continues on the Wonderland Station. There have been expansion plans in the past to extend The Blue Line all the way to Salem. Revere Beach is billed at the nations first Public Beach. Inside the the T station is the picture, when it was a popular public beach, people coming out of Boston, for the day.

Revere Beach in a different time. Pictures in the Revere Beach T Station

Revere Beach is still an active beach and now a suburb of Boston

The original bandstand and pavilions.

Day 4 continues, The markets, ect,

Day began at North Station. My next tour includes many typical tourist things. I went, first, to a little known location. It is the Independence Wharf Observation Deck. 

The Boston Harbor Hotel at Rowe's Wharf. The picture is taken from the Independence Wharf Observation Deck.

What tour of Boston doesn't include the old State, Feniel Hall, or Quincy Market. I arrived at the Stat House  having gotten thorough lost. The best person to ask directions would be a police. I asked him where Quincy Market. He said that he never heard of it. We were around the corner. He was just Joking.

Old State House

Feniel Hall

Quincy Market

Day 4, Begins, North Station

I begin my last full day in Boston. I had done most of what was on the itinary of this day. I had been to Rowe's Wharf and Long's Wharf the evening before. I went to Ashmont the day before. And I only had one place to go that was on the itinary. I missed North Point Park to see trains coming out of North Station. So what better way to start the day but to take the Green Line to North Station, have breakfast there, and watch some trains.

A Commuter Rail coming into the station, with its control car in the lead.

There is only one Amtrak on schedule for coming in and out of Norht Station, the Downeaster. It is a push pull with powere on both ends.

Downeaster Ready to Depart North Bound. The F40 is on the south end,

There are, of course, numerous commuter rail, ready for service.