Tag: Jefferson County KS
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Big Tea Kettle, Part 2
After chasing the Union Pacific steam train from Neodesha to Paola on Sunday, November 17, I followed that up by catching the train twice more on Tuesday, November 19, at Linwood and Newman.
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GOP Primary 2018
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As I usually do, I share my election picks after my ballot is in the collection box. Kansas Governor: Without question, I chose incumbent governor Jeff Colyer. There was no way in hell I was going to let current Secretary of State Kris Kobach anywhere near Cedar Crest if I had anything to say about…
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First Sunday of 2016
[All this happened before I broke my foot] The first Sunday of the month usually means cleaning the BNSF station in Lawrence. But first, I needed to get outside and catch some trains. Because of my ‘appointment,’ I elected to stay close to town and went with the UP Kansas Sub.
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Standing on the Edge of Time
Today’s archive re-scanning goes back to November 3, 2001…
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Officers’ special
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in railroadToday, Amtrak had an officers’ special to bring awareness of the Southwest Chief (and the possibility of it being forced to re-route if funding to upgrade and maintain the line between Newton and Albuquerque cannot be found)
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A Saturday on the Union Pacific
I went into Perry to deliver gifts for my nieces and to get to know mybaby sister a little bit. After that, I decided to head a couple of blocks over to the Union Pacific mainline to catch what was going on.
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Meeting my second family
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in PersonalFor those that don’t know, I was adopted at birth. Recently, I decided to look into my biological family. For me, it didn’t take that long. Armed with my biological mother’s name, I did a facebook search. It came back with results indicating that I had a “friend in common.”
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Website updates: 27 November 2012
To finish off November, I present the following photos: