Semper Vaporo [snipped; emphasis added - PDN] I was at the grocery store some time ago . . . Checking with the manager, he says they have never sold socks so he has no idea what I am talking about.
Or maybe there's an outside distributor who handles the stocking of that particular aisle, so that the manager can pay attention to his 'core competency' - i.e., groceries ? [Imagine that ! ] Then the manager might not need to know the minutiae of what's on each shelf in each aisle . . .
Anyway, maybe you could order direct - from:
http://www.sockcompany.com/railroadsocks.html
See also: http://www.manta.com/c/mmnxbkn/railroad-sock-inc
Railroad Sock Inc - 626 NW Valley Ridge Ct, Grain Valley, MO 64029-8292 (816) 847-2228
Railroad Sock, Inc in Grain Valley, MO is a private company categorized under Socks.
Our records show it was established in 1987 and incorporated in Missouri.
Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of 1,400,000
and employs a staff of approximately 12.
http://www.shamrocksupply.com/web/product_detail.jsp;jsessionid=985E2B5E18C4650E5A238CB343EABFB3.shamrock-1?lnid=1624049&mfr=Railroad%20Sock%20Inc&mpn=6070
http://textiles.zibb.com/trademark/sock+line+of+the+nation/29226690
http://textiles.zibb.com/trademark/the+railroad+sock+an+american+traditionsince+1901/29479294
- Paul North.
I was at the grocery store some time ago and just before going to the checkout, i remembered that I needed butter, and needed to go to the back of the store to get it. I took the most convenient aisle to get there and it was the, well... hmmmm.. Non-grocery aisle, for want of a better name (I guess I am "old School' in that I buy "groceries" at the Grocery store, "clothing" at the Clothing store, "tools" at the Tool store, and "car accessories" at the automotive store, so I seldom traversed this particular aisle).
Anyway, there in that aisle, amidst the car deoderants and fuses, and hammers and screwdrivers (apparetly made out of chrome plated solder) an image of a steam locomotive caught my eye. It appears to be a Mikado type with No 476 on the cab side. The image is reversed and the front number-boards are blacked out. It is also at quite an angle so the number on the cab is nearly unreadable even if it weren't reversed. The text on the tender is one long narrow white stripe that might be either "Durango and Silverton" or "Denver and Rio Grande Western", I cannot tell.
The image is on a paper label that is wrapped around 3 pair of black socks; the label reads::
"RAILROAD SOCK
AN AMERICAAN TRADITION SINCE 1901
SOCK OF THE NATION LINE
MADE IN U.S.A.
RAILROAD SOCK, INC.
GRAIN VALLEY, MO."
And it listed Sizes! (Something I have never seen before on socks!) Sooo...... I grabbed one package in my shoe size.
I liked them so I bought another 2 packages a couple of weeks later.
I now need more socks, but I cannot find any at the grocery store. Checking with the manager, he says they have never sold socks so he has no idea what I am talking about.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
A local microbrewery - located in an old railroad station, no less - once made a beer called "Railroad Red." Never tried it, and I don't see it listed on their website now, either.
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LNER4472 http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/rate/3331/ for the Rockville Rye label art.
going WAY back, when i returned to albuquerque from korea in 1953, my family had bought some beer from ciudad juarez, mexico, entitled 'cerveza cruz blanca' (white cross beer). it had a 1920's style painting of a train on its label. it was just a local brewery and i never saw it again; probably went broke in the '60's and i didn't make it to Juarez myself until 1977. i looked for it then but - no see-um. however i had a cruz blanca sticker on my small suitcase until the night before i got married in dec. 1965, when the suitcase lid broke off! -arturo
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/rate/3331/ for the Rockville Rye label art.
Fixed the link!
In years gone by, Fox Head 400 beer was a regional brew sold mostly in Wisconsin that drew its name in part from C&NW's fleet of streamliners. All this according to "The 400 Story", by Jim Scribbins.
Re: Appalachian Brewing: The Rockville Bridge is used as the ABC logo, and is sort of the default design. They have only used one train-featuring logo, Rockville Rye Ale, which inexplicably featured a PRR GG1 on Rockville Bridge (the bridge does not have catenary).
There are plenty of railroad-themed microbrews, and there were quite a few more; some of the micros that featured trains, such as Riverside and Devil Mountain, are now gone.
Frothingslosh was 'invented' by then-Pittsburgh radio personality and comedian Rege Cordic, who was the son of a B&O official as I recall - he penned some articles for Trains, even - 5, from 1965 - 1994, according to the "Magazine Index". Cordic was also a model railroader, and contributed lots of pieces to the NMRA Bulletin of the 1970's time frame, when Whit Towers was the editor - 9, from 1976 - 1980 - 2 are as follows. A typical one was using a can of Olde Frothingslosh as the basis for a model tank car - just install trucks, couplers, and some details, and voil/a - a new car, ready-to-run !
And MY Favorite--A real Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Classic
Oldde Frothing Slosh @ http://www.rustycans.com/HISTORY/oldfroth.html
Paul_D_North_Jr And on the label for their "Trail Blaze Organic Brown Ale" - see: http://www.abcbrew.com/abbey/abc_beers.htm
And on the label for their "Trail Blaze Organic Brown Ale" - see: http://www.abcbrew.com/abbey/abc_beers.htm
Also on their root beer/birch beers...
Good stuff if you can find it.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Harrisburg-based Appalachian Brewing Co. (ABC) uses a picture of the Rockville Bridge in their logo...
http://www.abcbrew.com/index_flash.htm
Here is one of my favorite wines .....
http://www.snoqualmie.com/Wines/columbia_valley/2008_whistlestop_red_cab-merlot
Usually around $10 - $15
Robert
Jones makes all kinds of carbonated beverages--a good display is quite colorful--and I'm pretty sure I've seen that (or maybe another) railroad photograph before. I'm not tempted by them, because I usually see their displays where fountain drinks--bottomless, diet fountain drinks--are also available.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
This appear to be the photo:
http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/photos/zoom/0001187214.jpg [NOTE: Link broken ?]
More detail can be found here:
http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/view.php?ID=1187214&search[text]=alamogordo&search[imagetype]=labelchoice&offset=1
Apparently the Jones Soda Co. is real big on custom and submitted photos for labels. This one was submitted Oct. 16, 2010 by Dale Emmert of Alamogordo, NM in the "Travel" category, and is a "Staff Pick" favorite. The caption is "Train comes up the canyon east of Belen, New Mexico".
I've been buying occasional cases of Erie Brewing Co.'s "Railbender Ale" - see:
http://www.eriebrewingco.com/Railbender.html
http://www.eriebrewingco.com/Derailed.html
but now I'll have to see if I can find the Jones Soda Root Beer as well, for the non-alcoholic folks.
Thanks for sharing that !
Friday night, I stopped after work to get groceries on my way home. I'm going down the snack and beverage aisle, scanning the shelves, when I stopped and asked myself, "Did I just see a train?" I backed up and looked at the shelves a little more closely. Sure enough, on the Jones Root Beer 4-packs was an image of what appeared to be a BNSF doublestack train. The caption said it was taken in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Was almost tempted to buy it just for the train on the bottles but decided against it. Was still surprising to find something train-related where I least expected it.
Kevin
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