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After about 3600 posts and almost 11 years, I’ve concluded my titling is based on a flawed assumption, i.e., nothing is random or generic except such things as our understanding.  Another way of saying that is . . . everything has a specific context.  A better title for this post would be something like tug/barge units between Kingston-Rhinecliff and Bear Mountain Bridges on such/such date with various sceneries related to autumn in the case.  But, I’m not switching so bulky or to re-title everything, so on we go;  life has no first drafts.

Having blabbered all that, I just have to say the Hudson Valley is a beautiful place, and the creations of our work in it serve to complement the natural beauty.

Consider Delaware and DoubleSkin 50.

 

Or Coral Coast and

Cement Transporter 5300.

 

Sarah Ann and Cape Wendy.

And Haggerty Girls with

RTC 107, with birds rounding Bear Mountain . . ..

 

Here’s a closing look.

All photos and sentiments by Will Van Dorp.

 

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As you know, tugboats do all manner of work on the water.  They push train cars, increasingly these years–according to Peter D’Amato— after quite the plummet.

Tugboat here is James E. Brown with barge 278.

Christine M. McAllister is a 6000 hp tug that usually

wired to RTC 502.

Ditto Evelyn Cutler, usually working with Noelle Cutler.

 

Mister Jim here is pushing sand (or aggregate?), and

Gateway’s Navigator is pushing a newly painted GT Coast Trader dredge scow, in the same time/harbor as

 

Balico Marine Service’ Navigator pushes oil.

 

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who offers this bonus below.