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 parabol1146n2
Location: Portland, OR
Gender: Male
Endless Mike
 |  | Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
< on 3/12/2008 9:51 PM >
|  | | | By the old Tyngsborough Bridge (which I'm pretty sure they're gonna let crumble into the water, despite what residents are hoping) there's this old house below by the train tracks that I've always wondered about, since I was a kid. I always wondered if anyone lived in there or what the story was, and yesterday Dyce and I had an opportunity to go check it out.
There was some classic graffiti in here, I didn't bother with the obligatory anarchy symbol, but there was this:
and my favorite:
Here's why we didn't go to the second floor:
looked a little too dicey, especially considering the first floor was so haggard itself, even stepping in there took some courage.
lotsa peeling paint, sorry no lonely chairs.
Oh, P.S. does anyone know what this might be? It looks like this on both sides...
Later that night, wayyyyyy out on a powerline trail behind an old missile construction site around the corner from my house (don't get your hopes up, it's been completely levelled and refurbished for housing, but I think there might be ground contamination, which would explain the huge delays on the work) we found an abandoned car, which was kinda cool...
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[last edit 3/13/2008 2:31 AM by parabol1146n2 - edited 4 times]
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Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| |  | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 1 on 3/12/2008 10:25 PM >
| | | | Nice!
Didn't get into the second floor?
I wouldn't have let a few broken stairs stop me... not when your first pic showed an open window =].
If you return... bring a ladder [that or grappling hook or something].
Good find.
Just out of curiosity: is it an active railway? or defunct?
I have a few defunct RxR's around where I live and they're pretty cool to explore.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
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parabol1146n2
Location: Portland, OR
Gender: Male
Endless Mike
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 2 on 3/12/2008 10:57 PM >
| | | | I actually do have a pair of grappling hooks...the thing is I'm just not sure how solid the flooring is up there, as the building is condemned and slated for destruction, as far as I know...but yeah, maybe I'll give it a go. I do feel a lot safer with climbing gear strapped on ;)
I THINK it might still be active, I meant to look into that. It does look fairly well kept...
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MrGreenJeans
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| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 3 on 3/13/2008 12:07 AM >
| | | | I've been there, that place was haggard a few years ago  The papers in the garage looked pretty old by the ads.
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Wiccan
    
Location: Hamilton Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 4 on 3/13/2008 1:05 AM >
| | | | Cool to be able to see a place that you'd been curious about for so long!
I'm seeing about seven dreaded red X's after picture number ten before the pictures are showing up again,though.
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parabol1146n2
Location: Portland, OR
Gender: Male
Endless Mike
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 5 on 3/13/2008 1:43 AM >
| | | | fixed 
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Wiccan
Location: Hamilton Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 6 on 3/13/2008 2:25 AM >
| | | | Picture 17 is still an X (now I'm just being anal retentive),but I can see the rest now. I love old places like this,is that car an Omni or something?
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parabol1146n2
Location: Portland, OR
Gender: Male
Endless Mike
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 7 on 3/13/2008 2:33 AM >
| | | | fixed. I dont know, we were trying to figure that out, all we found was an N on the trunk, which is visible in that picture. If anyone could help ID it that'd be good
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Wiccan
Location: Hamilton Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 8 on 3/13/2008 3:11 AM >
| | | | Eeexcellent,all good now!
Loving the asbestos tile in # 17. Samurai will no doubt be able to ID the car,I'm still betting it was an Omni.
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DelbertGrady
Location: Northeast PA
Gender: Male
Just looking around...
| |  | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 9 on 3/13/2008 11:24 PM >
| | | | Looks like a VW Rabbit.
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parabol1146n2
Location: Portland, OR
Gender: Male
Endless Mike
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 10 on 3/14/2008 3:44 AM >
| | | | Posted by DelbertGrady
Looks like a VW Rabbit.
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wasn't the Rabbit a truck?
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Dyce Roderick
Location: So NH
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 11 on 3/14/2008 5:29 AM >
| | | | No it wasn't a truck. That does look like a rabbit but Alexa thought it might be a Nissan, given that "N" that we saw on the back.
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Jvelmar
Location: Taunton, MA, USA
Gender: Male
Hi!
| | | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 12 on 3/15/2008 6:41 PM >
| | | | Don't touch Jack's Dodge? Who would want to touch a Dodge?
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Dowcet
Location: Middletown, ct
| | | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 13 on 3/19/2008 2:08 AM >
| | | | Ha, nice. I drove by that bridge a few times when I lived nearby, wish I'd noticed this house.
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elbowgeek
The needle and the damage done...
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 14 on 3/21/2008 3:00 AM >
| | | | Very cool explore. Just curious: is the Tyngsboro Bridge closed now? I crossed it many times in the 80s and I'm wondering what they plan to do to replace it. It seems very odd that they would let it get to that state.
Cheers
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Dowcet
Location: Middletown, ct
| | | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 15 on 3/21/2008 10:24 PM >
| | | | Posted by elbowgeek
Just curious: is the Tyngsboro Bridge closed now?
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On a building nearby there was some amusing graffiti about how the bridge has been closed for years, and there was like 7 or 8 tally marks, so it probably closed around 2000. There is an active bridge right there, but the old bridge is standing next to it with cement blocks preventing cars from crossing.
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elbowgeek
The needle and the damage done...
| | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 16 on 3/25/2008 2:48 PM >
| | | | Thanks Dowcet Google Earth is a tad out of date then *grin*.
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Dowcet
Location: Middletown, ct
| | | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 17 on 3/27/2008 1:06 AM >
| | | | Posted by elbowgeek
Google Earth is a tad out of date then
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Ha, you're right. You can see the foundations of what is now the active bridge.
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Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 18 on 3/27/2008 2:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by elbowgeek
Thanks Dowcet Google Earth is a tad out of date then *grin*.
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yup google earth is at least 1 year out of date, some places more. I found that windows live maps and the "birds eye function" have the most up to date maps.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
escensi omnis... |
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DashingFlamingos
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Tyngsborough, MA: old railhouse (?)
<Reply # 19 on 3/30/2008 10:37 PM >
| | | | The second floor is actually pretty okay. This is like, 10 minutes from my houseee lol.
It's all foreign to me. |
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