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From a news story from https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/novi/2019/03/15/fire-damages-novi-train-depot-firefighter-falls-through-floor/3166817002/ of March 15, 2019. The fire was on March 14. By Susan Vela Fire damaged about a third of an old train depot in Novi Thursday morning, and cit...

"Terrible" Ted Lindsay, one of the greatest all-time Detroit Red Wings players, has passed away at age 93. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2019/03/04/ted-lindsay-red-wings-dead/3052985002/ Ted Lindsay was truly a bad-ass! I like that the linked story at the Detroit News mentio...

Peter Tork, of the Monkees band, has died.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertai ... story.html

--Garry K

From February 19, 2019: https://nypost.com/2019/02/19/man-dragged-to-death-by-subway-after-bag-gets-caught-on-train/ A man was standing too close to a New York subway train when it pulled out of a station, and a strap of his bag got snagged by the train. There is a link on the above page to a story ...

Interesting story from Jolly Olde England about an old chap who stopped a burglar from stealing the old chap's model railroad stuff.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/0 ... ollection/


Garry K

Interesting story at https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/All-of-Metros-New-7000-Series-Rail-Cars-Need-Repairs-490309041.html about how ALL of the Washington, DC, area's Metro 7000 Series railcars need rewiring. It seems whoever crimped wires together, did a less than perfect job. After spending...

Found another interesting discussion thread about VIA getting new equipment at the Amtrak Unlimited site at http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.p ... equipment/.

--Garry K

From https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/train-gets-stuck-after-tracks-cave-in-on-detroits-east-side-1 : Train gets stuck after tracks cave in on Detroit's east side Officials say tracks practically sunk into ground DETROIT - A train is blocking a roadway in Detroit after coming off the tracks, whic...

I heard on CBC Windsor's evening news show recently that VIA Rail has a new "Fleet Renewal Program" which will replace the rolling stock on the Windsor to Quebec City corridor. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/via-rail-new-trains-1.4582418 A discussion thread about the above subject is at http://cs.t...

From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/02/train-passengers-describe-night-trapped-board-no-heat-light/ : Train passengers describe night of hell as they are trapped on board with no heat, light, food or water Temperatures plunged to below -4C, there was no heating, no lighting and little info...

This is a strange story. In England, a mother and her 3-year old child almost fell through the non-existant floor in a toilet while on a moving train. The door to that toilet had been secured with screws, but apparently the screws vibrated loose. This seems to have been some vintage equipment. News ...

There is an interesting article at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-10/the-most-awful-transit-center-in-america-could-get-unimaginably-worse about the crumbling tunnels beneath Penn Station in New York city. There is too much info to quote from there. But especially, reading that arti...

Not safe for work! Has some harsh language in the video and in the printed comments to the video.

Video at http://knuckledraggin.com/2017/12/he-di ... it-coming/ of a man leaning over the platform edge of a commuter train and gets whacked in the head.

Garry K

There's a cool video at http://knuckledraggin.com/2017/09/loggi ... e-sierras/ that features lots of Shay locomotives in action. Check it out!

Garry K

There is an interesting post at http://knuckledraggin.com/2017/07/logging-and-transport-merced-river-canyon-yosemite/ of logging operations in the Yosemite, California, area. That post features silent movies (probably taken with 8mm film cameras back in the day). But lots of interesting stuff, mostl...

Read about it at http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-takeover-robbery-50-to-60-teens-swarm-11094745.php : BART takeover robbery: 40 to 60 teens swarm train, hold up riders By Demian Bulwa and Michael Cabanatuan Updated 8:49 pm, Monday, April 24, 2017 BART police are beefing up patrols at Oaklan...

"Game over, man!"

I will always especially remember Bill Paxton as Private Hudson in the Aliens movie. RIP, Pvt. Hudson!

Garry K

The Detroit News has an article about the Chi-Town Union Station & West Oakland Railroad Museum in Commerce Township. Article at http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/neal-rubin/2017/02/20/neal-rubin-chi-town-union-station-model-trains/98177878/ : Fred Burton showed up five or six year...

From http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a25183/train-derailment-river/ : Train Derailment Sends 22 Freight Cars Into California River By Associated Press Feb 12, 2017 A California fire department says a freight train that derailed in suburban Sacramento has sent 22 rail cars i...

Any of y'all who might be wrestling fans will be saddened to hear that former pro wrestler George 'The Animal" Steele has passed away at age 79. http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2017/02/michigan_native_wwe_hall_of_fa.html http://www.wwe.com/article/george-the-animal-steele-passes-away?sf5...