No golden spikes, not even a little fanfare for connecting two sets of tracks … at least not yet. I took the following photo at about 4:20 this afternoon (Saturday) as crews were connecting the new light rail tracks with the old tracks near the Millennium Bridge.

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Lids are going on new structures. Roof work has started on the Chestnut Pavilion. And a round top was placed on the air intake tube for the bus station.

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This next item is a bit off topic, but I thought you might enjoy seeing photos of airplane fuselages being shipped by rail. I took the photo at about 6:30 last evening from my balcony as the train passed by the DUS project.

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