Train Tuesdays
[Originally published 12/08/2008]
Yesterday, I replaced the fill valve on a Toto toilet in our house with a Korky model. During the repair, I caught myself reminiscing about a low-tech toilet. At a previous job, there were commodes that required no maintenance whatsoever.
About ten years ago, I worked as a train and engine employee for [...]
Train Tuesdays
Britany Cofer reports for Chattanooga’s TimesFreePress.com:
Southern Railway 630, built in 1904 and later donated to TVRM by Southern Railway, now Norfolk Southern, has been in the TVRM shop for the past six years undergoing an extensive rehabilitation and refurbishing process. Work on the train should be complete in the next couple months, Andrews said, [...]
Train Tuesdays
I believe there was some concern earlier about the car float permanently closing, but now Delmarva.com reports that the old railroad car float is being repaired:
NORFOLK — Repairs are underway to the barge that ferries railroad cars between Cape Charles and Little Creek…
The car float in 2008 made the trip across the bay 38 [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays (combined this week)
Here’s another highly recommended bluegrass train song. Click the link to preview or order Wave Goodbye by the Bluegrass Patriots. The song kicks off with a blistering lead banjo part that is very good.
There’s a half a mile of freight train going down the line;
guess I’ve [...]
Train Tuesdays
Thegovmonitor.com reports:
Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the Commonwealth and CSX Transportation have reached an agreement on key principles regarding the high speed rail stimulus grant awarded to Virginia earlier this year…
“…Virginia is the first state in the nation to achieve an agreement with a Class One railroad for spending the entire award of [...]
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