Railhead
A website dedicated to interesting train stations I run across, or trains perhaps, or perhaps just interesting things connected with railroads.
Friday, August 23, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
Towns and Nature: Salt Lake City, UT: UP, D&RG and Amtrak Depots
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Towns and Nature: Willow Island, NE: Wood Grain Elevator and UP Depot
Two Man Crews.
The United States Transportation Department has determined to maintain two-man crews on railroads.
Monday, March 25, 2024
Industrial History: 1885 Viaduct near Sherman, WY
Friday, March 22, 2024
Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, March 22, 1944. Rationing.
Sarah Sundin's excellent blog on daily events in World War Two, whose feed updates are no longer working, notes this item:
Two gallons per week.
Could you get by on two gallons per week? Most days I drive a 1/4 ton Utility Truck, which is better known as a Jeep, and while it's small, it gets terrible mileage. I know that I use more than two gallons per week, but I would if I was driving my fuel efficient diesel truck as well. If I was limited to two gallons per week, I'd have to make major life changes.
Should I be pondering this as Congress, through the neglect of Ukraine, pushes us ever closer to a war with Russia, should she invade the Balkans?
During World War Two I know that my grandfather had a different class of ration ticket as his vehicle was used for business. His car was a "business coupe", which is about all I know about it.
I know it had a gasoline personnel heater, which probably provides a clue, but I still don't know who made it.
I had a 1954 Chevrolet at one time, and it got really good mileage. Interestingly, a 1973 Mercury Comet, with a really powerful V8 engine we had, also did. According to one site about older cars, the business couple should be something like this:
My '38 gets around 17-18 MPG @ 50 MPH. It drops to around 12-14 @ 60. She just doesn't like being pushed that hard.
My 54, and the 73, got much better mileage than that.
Whatever mileage the business coupé got, my father sort of brushed gasoline rationing off when I asked him about it, due to the other category of ticket. I don't know what that really meant, however.
Of course, for most long travel of any kind, people took the train. Something that we might want to consider as potentially being something that may very well return. High speed rail, for that matter, may be coming to Wyoming.
Last prior edition:
Tuesday, March 21, 1944. Dear John.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, March 12, 1944. Derailed.
Sunday, March 12, 1944. Derailed.
Ft. Fred Steele, Carbon County Wyoming
In the past, I haven't tended to post fort entries here, but for net related technical reasons, I'm going to, even though these arguably belong on one of my other blogs. I'll probably cross link this thread in.
These are photographs of Ft. Fred Steele, a location that I've sometimes thought is the bleakest historical site in Wyoming.