Weds Oct 19, 2:00 pm: Portland

The last time I took a train through Portland, our incoming train ran about an hour late. Since I only had an hour layover, that meant I had no time to pop into the station and take photos. I was sorely disappointed in that because the station is supposed to be quite picturesque.

This time, I had an over three hour layover, so I expected no issues. Except we were running about 2.5 hours late all day, and not making up any time. Oh, well, that still should be enough time for a quick peek, right? Well maybe it would have been until the gods of transportation intervened and decided that the last bridge we needed to cross to get into Portland, which was a drawbridge, had to be raised so that not one but two large ships could pass.

Oh well, next time, maybe.Read more