tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post8270234049344739822..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: It's Enough to Make a Person's Head SpinP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-44172578183438400812014-03-17T14:05:32.595-07:002014-03-17T14:05:32.595-07:00I guess I blame it on growing up
near a railroad; ...I guess I blame it on growing up<br />near a railroad; learned to read<br />from boxcars before I went to Kindergarten.."All The Way With Santa Fe, Burlington-Everywhere West" etc. It was in the 40s and they were all steam engines. I<br />figured the main job of the engineers was to wave at us kids.<br />So in old age, I have a huge railroad in the basement; over<br />a hundred locomotives and some<br />650 railcars. The Mrs. notes that were the bathrooms not upstairs, I would never be seen.<br />After our caboose ride, I got on the net to track its history: it<br />was formerly Union Pacific 25455<br />and a blogger wrote that his dad<br />made his last trip from Green River to Salt Lake as a conductor.<br />Checked into a motel and passed away. I'm sure each caboose and<br />locomotive has a history of its<br />occupants. The Milwaukee Road<br />had a spur into our home town,<br />Eau Claire, and I used the walkway on their RR bridge over the Chippewa River daily on my<br />trek to and from Jr. High. Some of the more spectacular routes<br />of the MILW have been turned into trails in rugged N Idaho, complete with tunnels and high<br />trestles outfitted for bicycle and foot traffic. Now you have me going...I better quit!BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-64202316474357398732014-03-17T08:36:35.726-07:002014-03-17T08:36:35.726-07:00BB, how is it possible this has not come up before...BB, how is it possible this has not come up before? I come from a railroad family! Grandfather a steam engine, then diesel driver for the Pennsylvania, father a surveyor for the Milwaukee Road and then longtime head of survey department for a smaller railroad outside Chicago. Love trains!!! Your "poor" wife could have a MUCH worse fate.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-432323694474915622014-03-15T16:52:42.409-07:002014-03-15T16:52:42.409-07:00The caboose; an historical railroad memory. There ...The caboose; an historical railroad memory. There is a consumer niche, very small, of<br />old guys that are train nuts<br />(er-enthusiasts) and they are drawn to the architecture. For<br /><a href="http://caboosejunctionresort.com/" rel="nofollow">example</a> <a href="http://www.izaakwaltoninn.com/cabooses-and-cabins" rel="nofollow">or example</a>, <a href="http://www.redcaboosemotel.com/" rel="nofollow">et ad nauseum</a> . As one<br />of the nuts (er, enthusiasts) I would note that although a small niche, it is fanatical one.<br />Last summer my poor wife sat in<br />the cupola of an Abiline & Smokey Hill RR to accompany me on a ride<br />in rural Kansas...heck I even paid an extra $5 for moving up<br />from old passenger car!<br /><br /><br /><br />BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-12027782678413520192014-03-15T07:31:54.306-07:002014-03-15T07:31:54.306-07:00SATURDAY THE IDES OF MARCH UPDATE: Opening date fo...SATURDAY THE IDES OF MARCH UPDATE: Opening date for Northport Brewery is Saturday, May 24!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-61886413060077359772014-03-15T03:51:03.956-07:002014-03-15T03:51:03.956-07:00Sometimes progress makes things unrecognizable...b...Sometimes progress makes things unrecognizable...but once we get over the shock it's often good. Mostly.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.com