Last summer I was meeting a friend after work and I was able to pop around and take some pictures at Savage Interlocking on the CSX Capitol Sub on the old B&O Main Line between Baltimore and DC.
In addition to freight traffic this is the route of the MARC Camden Line service that runs in both directions in the morning and evening peak periods. The interlocking is a simply crossover, but ...
Great day. Tired. Rode trains. Looked at trains and signals. Spent time with friends. Rode more trains. Went to dinner with same friends. Missed "RPO weekend" by a week, may have to go back next Saturday to see the railroad post office car actually operating and get some covers with the special cancellation. Now I need to get some sleep, though.
... to AnthroCon next weekend. His previous ride can no longer attend the convention and all other attempts to find him a new ride thus far have failed to pan out. He is willing to take the T, bus or commuter rail to wherever would be the easiest location for you to retrieve him and will pack light and not take up much space. He is also willing to help pay for the cost of gas. In addition, I am ...
... in, our really expensive one was spared the puke, but he's in it now with a garbage bag tucked safely under the velour sheet on the mattress).. is there anything I can do to keep him from chewing on the rail of this one? As mean as this sounds, maybe rub some dove (dye and crap-free) bar soap on it? I'm so desperate to break him of this... doesn't help that daddy gives him cookies while he's ...
... Terence Doherty, writing at Zero Hedge, thinks China is facing an economic "catastrophie" in real estate and is acting accordingly. Mish has an article up on rising rates of idleness in both truck and rail land shipping in Canada, the US, and Mexico. Last week, US factory production fell again , to a record-low 68.3% utilisation rate. USA Today reported that US workers face the worst job-...
07:52 Fucking rail replacement what train station has no trains? # 18:11 A very sweet old man came in to the shop the other day and said "what is a text message anyway?" Awww! # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
...He was distracted from his fantasies, however, when Scorpius stretched his arms up, clearly reaching for the rail that the curtains hung on. "Scorpius?" Either ignoring Hugo or having not heard him, Scorpius lowered one arm and gave a tug on the curtains, as if that would somehow pull the rail closer to him. "Sweetheart," Hugo said in a much gentler voice. He used to hate Scorpius’ father ...
...allowed, eyeing the two of them. "But battle and warfare need not be your only pursuit, m'lord. We have not thrown off the Masters' yoke simply to wear another's." He approached the balcony rail and looked up into Breetai's rugged face. "Let the REF wage its own fight against Edwards. Why involve yourselves in this-especially when that course leads to Optera?" Breetai patted Kazianna's thigh and ...
... life. I want to go to the safari parks, I want to visit Cape Town and Kimberley (centre of the South African diamond industry in the old days) and travel on the luxury trains--the Blue Train and Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa. It's a beautiful country that I would love to visit. Wouldn't mind working there if they'd have me. Once the country's more stable, I also want to extend the trip to include...
...up the courage to go visit my parents' gravesite the next day. I might have preferred Madripoor." Jean-Paul glanced around at their surroundings: a deserted dirt road flanked on either side by disintegrating rail fences. Beyond the the fences were stands of scraggly, neglected apple trees in fields overgrown with weeds. "Was there an axe murder you wanted me to witness?" Jake smirked at him, one ...
