Being a historical and touristy place, Telegraph Cove also has its share of neat old machines on display. Having been well trained by my father to always stop and admire old locomotives I was particularly happy to find the one shown below sitting at the side of the highway at Beaver Cove, just minutes from our lodgings. I assume it was once used by the nearby lumber company but there wasn't much signage there to explain it.
Although it was somewhat ambiguous about climing it; the front sign says do so at your own risk and the back sign says not to, I clambered around and gave it a thorough photographing. The interior of the cab was particularly neat as it was rapidly being reclaimed by nature and there were plants growning through the floor and out of the various pipes along with a generous coating of moss on the flat parts of the exterior.
This old truck was sitting as a little display in Telegraph Cove and was well in line with the old-time feel that most of the old town carries, along with little historical fact signs and a general feeling of the past. I doubt this truck could ever run again, but better to see it out on display in any form than at the bottom of the sea or in a junk heap.
Although it was somewhat ambiguous about climing it; the front sign says do so at your own risk and the back sign says not to, I clambered around and gave it a thorough photographing. The interior of the cab was particularly neat as it was rapidly being reclaimed by nature and there were plants growning through the floor and out of the various pipes along with a generous coating of moss on the flat parts of the exterior.
This old truck was sitting as a little display in Telegraph Cove and was well in line with the old-time feel that most of the old town carries, along with little historical fact signs and a general feeling of the past. I doubt this truck could ever run again, but better to see it out on display in any form than at the bottom of the sea or in a junk heap.
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