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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 4, 2014 1:18 PM

Some background music for your enjoyment:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9CA4BD377E5E342

 

 

 

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Posted by wanswheel on Saturday, October 4, 2014 4:48 PM
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Posted by Wizlish on Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:02 AM

Since we moved the music-lovers 'thread' over from the Amtrak/Santa Barbara trespassers thread ... I'm sure many of the participants will enjoy the combination of technology and music here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7qMVYf85sM&list=UUZP_rK4U2A_n7NrvzxMeVyQ

Be sure to listen for the 'earthquake' 128' pedal stop...

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Posted by Firelock76 on Thursday, October 23, 2014 5:26 PM

Wow, I just LOVE the lightshow from that old piece of gear!

And the "Toccata in D Minor", very appropriate for the Halloween season!

Thanks for posting!

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 24, 2014 4:24 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 24, 2014 4:45 PM
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Posted by Lyon_Wonder on Friday, October 24, 2014 6:44 PM

Following in the footsteps of EMD's departure from London.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/windsor-loses-1-000-potential-161721666.html

Ford picks Mexico over Windsor for engine plant, union says

Ford Motor Co. has decided to build its new engine in Mexico after it was unable to reach a deal with the federal and Ontario governments to bring the investment to Windsor, Ont., Unifor said Friday.

Both levels of government suggested that they would not provide public money for the project because the automaker wouldn't make certain job and economic commitments.

In a news release, Unifor said it had hoped that months of discussions between Ford, two levels of government and the union would result in "significant investment which would have secured the production of a global engine at the Windsor facility."

It has been confirmed that the global engine will be built in Mexico, Unifor said.

“We are disappointed,” Unifor national president Jerry Dias said in the release. “The auto industries that are flourishing around the world are ones where there is a deep commitment from government and an understanding of the importance and wisdom of investment – which always pays dividends.”

Dias called the decision a significant blow, saying the program would have stabilized the Windsor operation for a decade, bringing a new engine program to the facilities.

"This was a project that was earmarked for Mexico and we tried to have it diverted to Canada," he told Reuters. "We were close but just couldn't get it over the finish line."

'Unprecedented request' by Ford

Both the federal and provincial governments said they could not come to terms with Ford on financial assistance.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 25, 2014 7:43 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 25, 2014 9:46 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 21, 2015 5:39 PM

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

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Posted by wanswheel on Thursday, March 26, 2015 11:38 AM
Way off topic for Trains, but I’m stunned by the news from France.  Photo of the murderous co-pilot at the Golden Gate Bridge, famous for suicides, seems a taunting clue to a plan.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 24, 2015 11:27 PM
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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, April 26, 2015 6:13 AM

Murray

Belongs in the Amtrak food service thread!

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 26, 2015 11:06 AM
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 6:03 PM
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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8:26 PM

Murray

The fog of war.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by wanswheel on Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:11 PM
40 years ago the fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 1, 2015 3:30 PM

Music to start the weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEFBxqsIcMk

 

 

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Posted by wanswheel on Thursday, May 7, 2015 2:59 PM

Murray

German Surrenders 70 years ago today...ending the war in Europe:

https://ia601207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-07-MBS-Worldwide-News.mp3

 

Text of the controversial AP bulletin by Edward Kennedy

REIMS, France, May 7 (AP) — Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Western allies and the Soviet Union at 2:41 a.m. French time today.

The surrender took place at a little red school house that is the headquarters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The surrender was signed for the Supreme Allied Command by Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff for Gen. Eisenhower.

It was also signed by Gen. Ivan Susloparov of the Soviet Union and by Gen. Francois Sevez for France.

Gen. Eisenhower was not present at the signing, but immediately afterward Gen. Alfred Jodl and his fellow delegate, Gen. Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg, were received by the supreme commander.

They were asked sternly if they understood the surrender terms imposed upon Germany and if they would be carried out by Germany.

They answered yes.

Germany, which began the war with a ruthless attack upon Poland, followed by successive aggressions and brutality in concentration camps, surrendered with an appeal to the victors for mercy toward the German people and armed forces.

After signing the full surrender, Gen. Jodl said he wanted to speak and received leave to do so.

"With this signature," he said in soft-spoken German, "the German people and armed forces are for better or worse delivered into the victor's hands.

"In this war, which has lasted more than five years, both have achieved and suffered more than perhaps any other people in the world."

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/04/ap-apologises-journalist-end-war

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 8, 2015 7:17 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 10, 2015 12:01 PM

The first presidential proclamation honoring Mother’s Day was issued by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.  Each successive year, presidents followed Wilson’s example and issued a Mother’s Day proclamation. But in 1935, Franklin Roosevelt broke with tradition. He believed that Mother’s Day was so deeply ingrained in the American psyche that an annual presidential proclamation was an unnecessary exercise. So President Roosevelt ignored a Senate resolution calling for a proclamation and instead issued a statement from the White House urging that tributes to American mothers “come simply and spontaneously from our hearts.”

https://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/tag/mothers-day/

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 1:15 PM
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Posted by Victrola1 on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 3:03 PM

Railroaders in Olive Drab: The Military Railway Service in World War II  By Lieutenant Colonel Clayton R. Newell, USA-Ret.

http://wbachapter.org/files/MilitaryRailwayService.pdf

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Posted by wanswheel on Friday, May 22, 2015 7:35 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 22, 2015 9:56 PM

Beautiful pictures!  Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

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