Fresh Pond Reservation

43 degrees--practically tropical. Thin overcast. Almost no wind. The small pond is completely frozen over except for some melting around the edges. Lost hat in the public parking lot. A train engine with two tanker cars seems to be stuck under the bridge leading to the public parking lot. The engine has been running--but nobody seems to be attending or watching. It looks like one side of the tracks has sunk and put the engine and cars in danger of falling over or off the tracks. Did somebody take the train for a joyride and leave it there. Where would the train be delivering corn syrup (as is written on the side of the tanker cars)? Down the tracks a bit, where they cross Concord AVenue, another engine sits, apparently empty, idling. Stay tuned...


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