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Abandoned Shack

It's in Chelmsford, Massachuttets.

For the first one, it's the shack from behind, standing on the tracks. You can see the hole in the right window, which was boarded up the previous summer. I've been there at night and I've seen a shape in there, but it moved out of sight and I got freaked out, but I don't think I told Carter. There's also a side loading door, and the rear loading dock (which isn't much of anything, really) has pretty much deteriorated over time, it's some old steel plate that's all warped and rusted, so I was agile in the one time I tried to look inside.

The second picture is from across the tracks, and you can see the little staircase that was originally used for access. There is a little tin or aluminum chimney there, probably for an old wood burning stove, I wouldn't know. As far as I know there's no electricity. I know there's a pole there, but there aren't any signs of actual electricity other than the smashed meter. In this picture, if you look below the closest-to-back boarded up window that's painted over, you can see the huge hole in the foundation.

The last one is the same as above, except about thirty feet to the right and across the street. You can see the door, which is padlocked and I think boarded from the inside. Although you can still open the little mail slot, there's a long shade covering the door and windows. The light above the door is actually fairly new, I think. There is graffiti and spray paint and litter all around the back of this little place, it's kind of sad seeing as it was once a happy place where a happy old man used to make small children happy, but it's gone now. Actually, I think there are a lot of these dotting the railroad crossings around town.

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