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Oregon Rail Heritage: Overview (photo diary)
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (90+ words) dailykos. com Portland's industrial heritage is entwined with being at the crossroads of many different railroads for over a century. The east-side Brooklyn Yard hosted one of the last remaining roundhouses with a turntable. Since the Yard was converted to…...
Oregon Rail Heritage: Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 steam locomotive (photo diary)
2+ week, 6+ day ago (312+ words) Trump is worse than we thought, if that's possible. Donald Trump is on an authoritarian tear. No exaggeration. Daily Kos is here to hold him accountable every step of the way. We are here to uphold the importance of freedom…...
Hell is the George Bush International Airport
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (651+ words) I do not know where Heaven is, but I have seen Hell. It turns out Hell is in Texas, which is something that many of us had long suspected. Specifically, it is in Houston. Also not a surprise. But more…...
At TSA screening, your face is the new ID. That should worry you.
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (506+ words) At airports across the United States, a new ritual is quietly unfolding. Travelers approach the security checkpoint not with boarding pass and identification card in hand, but with something far more intimate. They approach with their faces. Efficiency has always…...
New Day Cafe - Trains and Cabooses
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (152+ words) Trains always make a good diary topic. Today I share a few of my pictures. First the cabooses. No longer needed on trains, they are often used as tourist attractions. Trains and cats? Why not? The last time I took…...
Have we always limited comments to 30 days? (+ funny new freeway overpass sign in Walnut Creek)
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (67+ words) Daily Kos I don't make a point of commenting on old posts but I was surprised that I couldn't comment in any of his stories because they are all over30 days. Ifigure this has been like this for a while, but…...
Stories the felon does not want us talking about (March 4, w/poll)
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1272+ words) The felon is certainly a master of distraction, with starting a war. Oh, and another military strike, this time in Ecquador (in case you missed it). Operation Epstein Fury is being waged, in a large part, to distract from the…...
Yes, Penn Station and Dulles should absolutely bear Trump's name to get the funds
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (218+ words) By now, you've heard that President Donald Trump'told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that he would be willing to unfreeze $16 billion in funding for a major infrastructure project in New York on one condition:' Schumer had to agree to support…...
Museum of Mountain Flying: Aircraft engines (museum exhibit)
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (68+ words) The Museum of Mountain Flying in Missoula, Montana, has an exhibit of aircraft engines. This 110 hp engine was designed by the French in World War I. The cylinders, crankshaft and propeller all rotated at about 11, 000 revolutions per minute. This is another…...