As to railroads, a lighter moment:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1270038776414622/permalink/2783143995104085/
From an era when people knew, and cared about, and were amused by, the minutiae on railroad timetables. One wonders if Al E’s family hails from that town about ‘230 miles’ out.
If you ever wondered about train service to the places on Saul Steinberg’s New Yorker cover, this could explain some of it…
Surely model railroaders somewhere have built pikes with some of this incorporated…
Nothing quite like ‘Air Conditioned Cattle Cars’.
Shades of the Fiddletown & Copperopolis Railway.
www.gregariousrailfan.com/images/Map2.jpg
Or the real Lancaster and Chester Railroad in the Elliot Springs’ era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_and_Chester_Railroad
Jeff
Yes, Jeff, the L&C is an interesting railroad. I regret that I never stopped in the office in Lancaster and asked for a dIning car menu when I lived 10 miles down the highway. The building was still there the last time I was in Lancaster (4 1/2 years ago). A other vice president worthy of mention was General Jonathan Wainright; his resposnsibiloty was white horse supply (and his responsibility was not obtaining White Horse whisly).
I miss our old stamped plates that were blue. When I was at Enterprise car rental. We got some Mercedes CL45’s in one time and they came with Montana plates. They were plastic plates that had the logo, and colors printed on.
I purchased a Jeep Cherokee in 1993 and got a new set of plates for it because, under the state laws, I was changing from a automobile to a SUV. Kept those plates when I bought my Dodge Durango in 2003 and they were still valid when I traded the vehicle in in 2017. Buying the Ram that I now have I had to get new plates according to the state. If I had kept the Durango, it would have well over 400K miles on the clock today.
Early 2000’s Durangos were solid vehicles. Probably one of the best SUV’s during that time… I know a few owners who’ve clocked well over 300K on the meter. I had a 2006 Grand Cherokee years back had the 4.0 straight 6. Awesome vehicle, drove to California and back in it.
Durango had 360K on the clock with the MB designed 4.7L V8 when the drivers side seat belt wouldn’t extend. Replacement would have cost more that I could get in trade for my ‘low mileage, one owner’ vehicle. Never had any engine or transmission issues. Bought a ‘lifetime oil change’ package from the dealer - all the while I lived in the dealers area, I would get the oil changed every 3 to 4K miles. Had the transmission flushed and fluid and filter changed every 80K miles.