James E. Brown

Happy winter!

The photo below is from July 2015, and it’s how and where I expect to see James E. Brown.

So you can imagine how surprised I was to see James E. yesterday where I did, so join me in the experience.  I had to squint to understand this, squint and wait.  At first I thought it was a carfloating job that took a wrong turn.  Then I wondered why the railcars were so small.  Still later, I realized

that what my eyes identified as boxcars were

actually large I-beams.

But when the tow got to the south end of Newark Bay,

 

they went north into the Hackensack.  I’m not sure what work is happening up there.

That’s a handsome boat, that James E. Brown.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.