I recently visited the birthplace of railroading in America... the Granite Railway in Quincy MA. Almost all of the ROW is now gone, lost to the building of neighborhoods and the Southeast Expressway (I93/US1/MA3) in the 1950-1960s. As a railfan AND casual rockhound, I found the area fascinating, but was also extremely disappointed at the loss of infrastructure artifacts, lack of maintenance, and general feeling of "EH, who cares?" in the area. There is a museum down the road that is trying to showcase the area's granite quarrying history, but it was closed that day, and from what I saw through the fencing it isn't big on the railway itself. I hope to visit in the future when they are open. I also want to take more photos on a cloudy day, as the sun was really wreaking havoc with my camera. Shown below are the two commemorative tablets attached to the granite obelisks at the foot of the railway incline. They appear to have replaced original cast-metal ones.
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