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The onset of autumn is evident in the tinges of gold dotting the deciduous leaves and the fruits of harvest being rushed to market on Great Lakes Central's St. Charles Branch, its former NYC jointed sticks creaking and clacking beneath the Alco trucks of an Annie GP35 five decades and 6 years into a career bound within the borders of the Wolverine State. Several dozen 263k hoppers laden with product dispensed from the elevators of The Andersons in Oakley are rolling swiftly near the limit of the branch's class II track speed towards Owosso, where they will rejoin GLC's main trunk for further forwarding to the consignee.
ACWR train 100 arrives into NS's Charlotte Yard on a gorgeous Carolina afternoon. Three home road SD40-3s lead four SD40-2s and two MP15Es bound for forwarding to consignee Savage Rail. One of the four is painted in a very classy scheme to honor our country's veterans.
As much of the leaves have dropped, Housatonic NX-12 runs north out of New Milford, CT, with the GMTX #2328 leading the HRRC #22 and a bunch of outbound cars from consignees around Danbury.
Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - Je ne dirai pas que ce magasin est le plus délabré qu’il m’ait été donné de voir, mais il est dans le peloton de tête. Nous sommes dans les rues adjacentes du marché de Fort-Dauphin. Ce baraquement est une maison d’habitation qui sert également de lieu de commerce. L’homme dans la pièce de droite (le fils de la famille) vend du charbon de bois, quant à sa mère, elle propose des cacahouètes dans de petites boites en fer qui servent d’unité de mesure. La boite est vendue avec les cacahouètes, mais elle n’est pas consignée.
Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - I won't say that this store is the most dilapidated that I have ever seen, but it is in the leading group. We are in one of the streets adjacent to the Fort-Dauphin market. This barrack is a residential house which also serves as a place of commerce. The man in the room on the right (the son of the family) sells charcoal, while his mother sells peanuts in small iron boxes which serve as a unit of measurement. The box is sold with the peanuts but it is not returnable.
On May 26, 1986, NS was just implementing some new operating procedures on the former Interstate Railroad. Coal did indeed move upgrade from Andover to Norton, even the steam days, but not to this extent. At least a portion of bituminous was routed to Miller Yard, Va., where it was interchanged with the Clinchfield for delivery to consignees in the Carolinas primarily. The creation of Norfolk Southern (and, CSX) changed the calculus on what the best routes might be to get maximum tonnage from A to B with (1) fewer crews, (2) less mileage, (3) faster velocity, and (4) lower operational costs.
One example is shown here as a unit coal train for Walnut Cove, N.C. (on the N&W's Roanoke-Winston Salem line) requires the services of six EMD six-motor hoods of both Southern and N&W prior ownership blasts through Blackwood, Va. I had climbed to the top of a single hopper spotted on the spur for a better photo angle (nothing I would recommend, but I was exactly half my current age at the time.
The going is actually easy here, but from Josephine to the top of the hill at Norton the grade will briefly reach nearly 3 percent at the top. The trotting speed at this point will be down to a literal crawl on the last quarter mile to the top. The use of pushers on the former Interstate was a new thing--a favorite train handling technique of the N&W that influenced operations on the new system.
Conrail OI-12 spots a cut of hoppers at Allied Plastics on the ex-CNJ Manufacturers Branch in Newark, NJ with a pair of CSX units. Many years ago this branch was filled with consignees, but over time the traffic has decreased, with only three customers now on the line.
“Unsafe at Any Speed”
Apparently, the owner of the Chevrolet Corvair waiting at this crossing at Baxter, Ky. didn’t purchase a copy of Ralph Nader’s best-selling book published the year before this April 1966 image. Nader condemned several unsafe automobile models in his tome, but none more than the earlier models of that rear-engine GM offering. Nader’s research exposed the tendency of the car to “tuck under” (roll over) because of its swing-axle suspension system.
Of far greater interest is the obstacle blocking this Corvair’s forward progress. L&N Extra 1501 North had loaded earlier in the day at the “Creech” at Merna, Ky. (a.k.a. Mary Helen or Coalgood). The coal is bound for a Georgia Power generating plant. The Merna trains were some of the first true unit trains on the L&N’s Eastern Kentucky lines: a solid consist of cars, flood-loaded at the mine, and shipped from a single point to a single consignee. Four GE U25Cs (or U28Cs) were preferred on this run for years because of their 16-notch throttles. At the time, the train loaded upgrade (nearly three percent) in two cuts.
Engineer Morgan Calhoun flashed a smile for my camera. He was a regular customer at my grandparents’ rooming house in Loyall. Morgan helped me understand many of the mysteries of steam locomotives and railroading in general. Any time I was in Loyall, I had many learned railroad veterans who were always patient and accommodating to expand my knowledge of the industry.
The street side running along the George Bennett Industrial Highway is among the coolest trackage in the Ocean State and offers countless angles. Once laced with dozens of customers to the point that in New Haven days it rated its own support yard in Darlington with and assigned switch engine now only two active consignees remain along the roughly 2.5 mile stretch alongside the road. Providence and Worcester local PR-3 has just finished working one of those two, Teknor Apex and is continuing south (and then will swing back northeast) to the end of track to drop one load at Metals USA. They are seen at about MP 2.3 on the the East Providence Running track between the Walcott and Division Street crossings.
On their return trip to Valley Falls they will pause again to work the other remaining streetside customer spotting a boxcar at Key Container. Leading the train is home road GP38-2 2006 that has spent the entirety of its life on these rails having been built new for the road by EMD in Feb. 1980.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Monday April 12, 2021
It was Sunday morning, May 3, 1985, and I was on my way to Richmond for another Monday morning meeting. As I passed the Spring tipple at Tacoma, Va., between Norton and Coeburn, my eyes immediately focused on a genuine Virginian hopper car--in service, loaded, and standing in a spot where I could get a photo.
The VGN was merged into the N&W in 1959, but 26 years later, finding Virginian equipment still in original form was increasingly rare. VGN 4611 was thus recorded on Kodachrome film with my Nikon. The 70-tonner was fully loaded with Wise County coal bound for some unknown consignee. In a railroad world where roller bearings were the standard, the car's old solid bearing trucks bespoke its antiquity. I'm glad I stopped long enough to get this photo.
A 400mm telephoto view compresses the urban jungle such that it is in the city of Pawtucket. The street side running along the George Bennett Industrial Highway is among the coolest trackage in the Ocean State and offers countless angles. Once laced with dozens of customers to the point that in New Haven days it rated its own support yard in Darlington with and assigned switch engine now only two active consignees remain along the roughly 2.5 mile stretch alongside the road. Providence and Worcester local PR-3 has just finished working one of those two, Teknor Apex and is about to continue south (and then swing back northeast) to the end of track to drop one load at Metals USA. They are seen at about MP 2 on the the East Providence Running track at the busy Armistice Blvd. crossing.
On their return trip to Valley Falls they will pause again to work the other remaining customer when they spot that boxcar at Key Container. Leading the train is home road GP38-2 2006 that has spent the entirety of its life on these rails having been built new for the road by EMD in Feb. 1980.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Monday April 12, 2021
The Trop Lead, named after the Tropicana plant pictured on the right, is a great example of a worn down spur just outside of New York that has change dramatically in the last 50 years. This entire area was once home to the PRR's Greenville Yard, but has diminished in size over time. While what remains of Greenville Yard just received a multi-million dollar rehab, the several spurs around it that are still in use linger on with a less than stellar appearance. Pictured is Conrail Shared Assets job BA-3 pulling 12 scrap cars from Sims Metal Management off the Trop Lead in Jersey City with NS SD45-2 1702 leading.
UP CTRSK rolls toward Barstow on BNSF rails at Boron. Coal trains have become a relative rarity in Southern California, with Trona being one of the last regular consignees left in the state. This train originated from there, and is using the BNSF's Mojave Sub to reach home rails on the Cima Sub at Daggett.
Sand....mountains of sand....it's literally this giant natural sandbox that saved 40 miles of the old Boston and Maine Conway Branch when it would otherwise have been given up for dead. And despite some other customers over the years including a few other general freight consignees this day, it's still the sand that is the main reason for this independent shortline's continued existence.
The New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Sand and Gravel Company and was formed to transport this basic commodity of cement production from the Ossipee Aggregates pit here (it too a whole owned subsidiary of Boston Sand) to their parent company's busy batch plant located right across the Charles from North Station in the shadow of the Zakim Bridge. As the city constantly tears itself down to rebuild in new form generation after generation the need for cement for that never ending construction is simply insatiable.
When the new owners of the Boston and Maine petitioned to abandon the branch more than 35 years ago Boston Sand stepped in to buy the railroad and slowly rebuild it into the first class outfit it is today to keep alive this link between the two key halves of their operation and to keep countless trucks off the highway as they move up to a half million tons of product to Boston every year.
Here they are after another busy week running light engine out of the pit. Having spotter up the string of empties they led north from Boston their work week is done as they head back west toward the shop located where the pit spur meets the Conway Branch main.
Three quarters of the railroad's roster is seen here, EMD GP38-2s NHN 3823 (blt. Sept. 1978 as CR 8242), leased FURX 5509 (blt. Mar. 1970 as high nosed straight GP38 SOU 2801) and NHN 3825 (blt. Sept. 1978 as CR 8244).
If you care to learn more refer to the detailed caption with this image: flic.kr/p/2mfWoig
Ossipee, New Hampshire
Friday August 6, 2021
CSXT's local L13622 is about to depart Emory Grove westbound with 20 loaded cement hoppers from the interchange with the Maryland Midland Railway on June 22, 2023. GP39-2 4302 was manufactured in March 1073 for the Reading Railroad and was numbered 3411. In 1976 the unit was conveyed to the Delaware & Hudson as part of the Conrail agreement. On the D&H it was the 7411. Eventually the unit was returned to it's original lease consignee which in this case was Chessie System who had been merged into CSXT; it was renumbered to 4302.
The track in the foreground is the east end of the Maryland Midland's mainline from Union Bridge MD.
Rolleipan RPX100
Canonet QL19
Cape Cod & Hyannis GP9 #1210 (ex-NH #1210, ex-CR #7280) rests between assignments at the north end of the Hyannis, MA yard. The LPG tank car in the background would be for the Petrolane siding there (formerly a Bay Colony RR consignee). The Rt. 28 crossing is behind the locomotive.
June, 1985 rescan
BCLR Alco S4 #1062 shoves out of Middleboro Yard towards Conrail's Middleboro Secondary. Once they clear the wye switch at Alden, they will head south to service their consignees on Cape Cod About (a recycled shot from a Flickr post years ago). About one year later, I would start my RR career here!
Thursday - July 3, 1986
Sand....mountains of sand....it's literally this giant natural sandbox that saved 40 miles of the old Boston and Maine Conway Branch when it would otherwise have been given up for dead. And despite some other customers over the years including a few other general freight consignees this day, it's still the sand that is the main reason for this independent shortline's continued existence.
The New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Sand and Gravel Company and was formed to transport this basic commodity of cement production from the Ossipee Aggregates pit here (it too a whole owned subsidiary of Boston Sand) to their parent company's busy batch plant located right across the Charles from North Station in the shadow of the Zakim Bridge. As the city constantly tears itself down to rebuild in new form generation after generation the need for cement for that never ending construction is simply insatiable.
When the new owners of the Boston and Maine petitioned to abandon the branch more than 35 years ago Boston Sand stepped in to buy the railroad and slowly rebuild it into the first class outfit it is today to keep alive this link between the two key halves of their operation and to keep countless trucks off the highway as they move up to a half million tons of product to Boston every year.
Here they are after another busy week running light engine out of the pit. Having spotter up the string of empties they led north from Boston their work week is done as they head back west toward the shop located where the pit spur meets the Conway Branch main.
Three quarters of the railroad's roster is seen here, EMD GP38-2s NHN 3823 (blt. Sept. 1978 as CR 8242), leased FURX 5509 (blt. Mar. 1970 as high nosed straight GP38 SOU 2801) and NHN 3825 (blt. Sept. 1978 as CR 8244).
If you care to learn more refer to the detailed caption with this image: flic.kr/p/2mfWoig
Ossipee, New Hampshire
Friday August 6, 2021
The Grafton & Upton local pulls west on the Keolis Milford Running Track to clear the G&U switch and enter home rails at Milford, MA. In addition to empties from Bluelinx & Garelick Farms, they also had MBTA F40PH-3C #1074 in their consist, destined for some repair work at the G&U enginehouse.
The 1074 had been delivered to the Bluelinx siding for pickup by the G&U by the Keolis power wash job, which had run out the Franklin Branch from Readville earlier.
A few.weeks previously, an extra had delivered F40PH-3C #1057 to the G&U for similar work via the B&A at N. Grafton.
The G&U had taken over servicing those consignees from CSX in the recent past. The CSX era typically saw GP40-2s here. In the Conrail years, 9500s (SW1500s) would occasionally break up the steady diet of B23-7s and GP15-1s here.
November 19, 2021
I went consignment store shopping which is always fun. I like those stores because you can find really unusual and nice things you don't see in regular retail shops. I had tried on some dresses in this one shop and nothing really tickled my fancy enough to buy, but 2 of the dresses were pink so the lovely lady who owned the shop noticed and asked if pink was my favorite color. I said it is yet I don't really have too many dresses in pink for some reason. She said to wait a minute and that someone had brought in some dresses the day before and one of them was a pink prom dress. She came back with this pink Tiffany prom dress so I tried it on and it fit me very nicely. There was no price tag on it and she said it had just come in and didn't price it yet. She looked up what the woman wanted for it which was too much in both of our opinions. She had the number of the woman who had brought it in for resale so she called her up and said she had someone interested in it and asked if she would consider less for it. She let me talk to the woman on the phone and she told me it was her daughters prom dress and was expensive new and in good condition. I tried to barter with her for less money but was pretty firm. After we hung up with her the woman from the store explained that people tend to ask to much for sentimental clothing pieces and usually she puts it out for the requested price but after it is out in the store for a week or two they agree to lower the price to sell it. So I gave the woman my information and she promised to call me if the consignee lowered the price at all which she was pretty sure would happen. It was a dream to try on and wear for a few minutes and I am hoping that the price does come down a little bit!
CSX B733 passes the Walpole Little League complex alongside the MBTA/Keolis (ex-NH Midland Division to Hartford CT, ex-PC, ex-CR) Franklin Branch, as it heads east to Walpole Yard, less than one mile ahead.
This Walpole-based local is returning from switching out Garelick Farms in Franklin and BlueLinx in Bellingham. These are the remaining customers on the Keolis Milford Running Track. At some point in the future, the Grafton & Upton RR is likely to take over servicing these consignees via their recently restored connection at Milford.
The Franklin Branch double track restoration project from Walpole West Int. to Franklin has been underway for months. Future track #1 to the right is currently not in service yet.
Void of revenue rail traffic for 17 years, the former DRGW Tennessee Pass main line remains intact with well worn rails and aging cross ties. Little effort is required for the occasioned tourist to easily find taconite pellets, dropped from the rail hoppers that hauled them to Geneva Steel in Utah. The hopper doors on the older cars did not always close as tightly as shipper and consignee desired leaving a clear trail of pellets all the way from Minnesota to Utah. Those pellets make great ammunition for young sling-shot enthusiasts.
Yesterday I went consignment store shopping. I like those stores because you can find really unusual and nice things you don't see in regular retail shops. I had tried on some dresses in this one shop and nothing really tickled my fancy enough to buy, but 2 of the dresses were pink so the lovely lady who owned the shop noticed and asked if pink was my favorite color. I said it is yet I don't really have too many dresses in pink for some reason. She said to wait a minute and that someone had brought in some dresses the day before and one of them was a pink prom dress. She came back with this pink Tiffany prom dress so I tried it on and it fit me very nicely. There was no price tag on it and she said it had just come in and didn't price it yet. She looked up what the woman wanted for it which was too much in both of our opinions. She had the number of the woman who had brought it in for resale so she called her up and said she had someone interested in it and asked if she would consider less for it. She let me talk to the woman on the phone and she told me it was her daughters prom dress and was expensive new and in good condition. I tried to barter with her for less money but was pretty firm. After we hung up with her the woman from the store explained that people tend to ask to much for sentimental clothing pieces and usually she puts it out for the requested price but after it is out in the store for a week or two they agree to lower the price to sell it. So I gave the woman my information and she promised to call me if the consignee lowered the price at all which she was pretty sure would happen. It was a dream to try on and wear for a few minutes and I am hoping that the price does come down a little bit!
A 400mm telephoto view compresses the urban jungle such that it is in the city of Pawtucket. The street side running along the George Bennett Industrial Highway is among the coolest trackage in the Ocean State and offers countless angles. Once laced with dozens of customers to the point that in New Haven days it rated its own support yard in Darlingron with and assigned switch engine now only two active consignees remain along the roughly 2.5 mile stretch alongside the road. Providence and Worcester local PR-3 has just finished working one of those two, Teknor Apex and is about to continue south (and then swing back northeast) to the end of track to drop one load at Metals USA. They are seen at about MP on the the East Providence Running track at the busy Armistice Blvd. crossing.
On their return trip to Valley Falls they will pause again to work the other remaining customer when they spot that boxcar at Key Container. Leading the train is home road GP38-2 2006 that has spent the entirety of its life on these rails having been built new for the road by EMD in Feb. 1980.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Monday April 12, 2021
Conrail's WARE-29 is eastbound on trk. 2 just west of the Attleboro, MA station. Thatcher Interlocking can be seen in the distance.
At the time, this job worked M-F out of Readville Yd. and serviced consignees along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between Canton Jct. & the Attleboro/Hebronville area, including the East Jct. Branch (Condon-Carpenter Steel in Seekonk). The branch's other customer, Teknor Apex (along with Pascale Brick in S. Attleboro on the NEC), was serviced by WAMI-1 out of Middleboro yard. In the photo, the flat behind the locos was likely to/from the steel place.
After heading west out of Readville, they would work in Mansfield at Blaine Chemical & American Paper and then clear up at the Zayre's switch. At Zayre's, there were 8-9 customers located in the W. Mansfield Industrial Park. For a time in the late 80's, a repurposed warehouse located there also received flatcars w/ MBTA subway cars (Red Line, I think) for pre-delivery work.
Continuing west, they would head for Hebronville to switch Furman Lumber. Afterwards, they would pipe back (with a real caboose!) to trk. 4 at Attleboro tower (still manned with an operator then!) to run around their train.
After lunch, they would head east and clear up at the Merkens Chocolate siding lead in Mansfield, where they would switch Champion Container, Franklin Warehouse & Owens Illinois. Later on, Tighe Bros Warehouse would also build a siding on this lead adjacent to the Amtrak mainline.
Once done there, under the authorization of the Attleboro Tower operator, they would open up on main line # 2, shove west to clear the switch & then make a quick eastbound sprint for home!
The conductor in the doorway of the 3371 is my Dad. Oftentimes back then, I would visit my Dad at work. Over the next few years, I hired out & ended up working on different runs with him many times. Some wonderful memories for me!
Terminal Railroad Association 302 job with 0 loads by 6 empties from the FTRL Railway and a chemical consignee is seen crossing the TRRA Macarthur Bridge in East St Louis, IL with a fine fall morning view of downtown St Louis and the Gateway Arch Sept 29th 2013
Alfred Broe, Photographer - Blaine photographer Alfred Broe had lived most of his life in Canada, albeit straddling the border, as was possible in those early days. He was born March 13, 1886 in BC, yet at the same time the family postal address was Delta, in Whatcom County — the little community along the border, east of Blaine WA. Alfred Broe was a photographer in Canada before moving to Blaine around 1910, about age 24. He later migrated to Portland, Oregon where he lived with his wife Margaret.
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From the - "Westminster Daily News" newspaper (22 May 1912) - SLIDE SENDS OWL TRAIN INTO BAY near White Rock, B.C. May 21, 1912 - The Great Northern southbound Owl which left Vancouver midnight Monday was struck by a rock slide at 1:40 this morning while rounding Kwomais Point (North Bluff) near Ocean Park. The engine was hurled down the embankment Into the waters of Boundary Bay carrying with it Engineer Imberg and Fireman Bert Morrow, the former escaping with a compound fracture of one leg, but Bert (Albert) Morrow was so seriously hurt that he is not expected to live. The baggage and express cars were also derailed and sent down the embankment on the beach below, but fortunately the men on duty in them received no further damage than a severe shaking up and several nasty cuts and bruises. The smoking car was carried half off the track, the rear trucks only remaining on the rails. One passenger in the car was more or less cut and bruised and several were shaken up considerably. The Blaine local was immediately sent out to the scene as a relief train, bringing with it medical aid from that point, A special was also dispatched from Vancouver and all passengers were duly transferred. The injured men received attention and as the wrecking crew were early on the scene the line was cleared again for traffic by noon today. This is the second wreck to the G.N.R. OWL within five months at the same point and with practically the same train crew. In January last the northbound Owl to which was attached the special car of Sir Donald Mann was wrecked under almost the same conditions. Another engineer was then in charge, but Bert Morrow, the injured fireman, was badly cut up on that occasion, though not so seriously as now. Then, as now, the engine, two baggage cars and express car were hurled into the sea and the remainder tho train escaped. As a matter of fact, say the people here, the G.N.R. right of way from the boundary line northwards needs more attention than that company has so far given to It in order to obviate these accidents. At the present time the railway company are doing a fair amount of improvement work In the immediate vicinity of White Rock, but severe pressure had to he brought upon their officials before this was begun. No provision is being made for the temporary convenience of the traveling public while their new depot Is being built and no temporary freight sheds for the loading and unloading of freight. The latter is mainly dumped out of the car by the side of the track and allowed to remain there unprotected from the weather till removed by the consignees.
LINK to a photo of - Overlooking the ocean from Kwomais Point (Ocean Park, B.C. / this is where the derailment happened) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Park,_Surrey#/media/File:Over... - Ocean Park was part of the territory of the Semiahmoo people, one of a group of tribes called the Straits Salish, a division of the Coast Salish. They used this place for spiritual renewal and named the area "Kwomais" which literally means place of vision, because of its high bluffs and unobstructed views to the ocean and islands. Kwomais Point is marked on many early navigation maps and has long been used as a lookout point. For protection against the raids of the Yukulta people, the Semiahmoo built a fort in Ocean Park possibly between 1820 and 1830. The fort fell into disrepair in colonial times. Today, the site is a subdivision called Indian Fort Drive near the west end of 20th Avenue.
Albert Morrow
b. 22 June 1888 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
d. 21 May 1912 in Vancouver, B.C. (from injuries in the train derailment)
Albert was the son of Albert Allen Morrow and Mary Elizabeth (Noble) Morrow.
He married LEOLA MAY PERRY on - 21 December 1911 in Vancouver, B.C.
Albert Morrow said after the train mishap on 28 January 1912 "It was a terrible experience. I hope I will never have to go through another like it. If I'm ever in another wreck I'll quit the railroad business for good" - Albert Morrow, who was on his first trip after recovering from the accident in January, was again injured. Morrow's earlier words proved prophetic as he died in the hospital later that day.
Alfred Broe, Photographer - Blaine photographer Alfred Broe had lived most of his life in Canada, albeit straddling the border, as was possible in those early days. He was born March 13, 1886 in BC, yet at the same time the family postal address was Delta, in Whatcom County — the little community along the border, east of Blaine WA. Alfred Broe was a photographer in Canada before moving to Blaine around 1910, about age 24. He later migrated to Portland, Oregon where he lived with his wife Margaret.
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From the - "Westminster Daily News" newspaper (22 May 1912) - SLIDE SENDS OWL TRAIN INTO BAY near White Rock, B.C. May 21, 1912 - The Great Northern southbound Owl which left Vancouver midnight Monday was struck by a rock slide at 1:40 this morning while rounding Kwomais Point (North Bluff) near Ocean Park. The engine was hurled down the embankment Into the waters of Boundary Bay carrying with it Engineer Imberg and Fireman Bert Morrow, the former escaping with a compound fracture of one leg, but Bert (Albert) Morrow was so seriously hurt that he is not expected to live. The baggage and express cars were also derailed and sent down the embankment on the beach below, but fortunately the men on duty in them received no further damage than a severe shaking up and several nasty cuts and bruises. The smoking car was carried half off the track, the rear trucks only remaining on the rails. One passenger in the car was more or less cut and bruised and several were shaken up considerably. The Blaine local was immediately sent out to the scene as a relief train, bringing with it medical aid from that point, A special was also dispatched from Vancouver and all passengers were duly transferred. The injured men received attention and as the wrecking crew were early on the scene the line was cleared again for traffic by noon today. This is the second wreck to the G.N.R. OWL within five months at the same point and with practically the same train crew. In January last the northbound Owl to which was attached the special car of Sir Donald Mann was wrecked under almost the same conditions. Another engineer was then in charge, but Bert Morrow, the injured fireman, was badly cut up on that occasion, though not so seriously as now. Then, as now, the engine, two baggage cars and express car were hurled into the sea and the remainder tho train escaped. As a matter of fact, say the people here, the G.N.R. right of way from the boundary line northwards needs more attention than that company has so far given to It in order to obviate these accidents. At the present time the railway company are doing a fair amount of improvement work In the immediate vicinity of White Rock, but severe pressure had to he brought upon their officials before this was begun. No provision is being made for the temporary convenience of the traveling public while their new depot Is being built and no temporary freight sheds for the loading and unloading of freight. The latter is mainly dumped out of the car by the side of the track and allowed to remain there unprotected from the weather till removed by the consignees.
LINK to a photo of - Overlooking the ocean from Kwomais Point (Ocean Park, B.C. / this is where the derailment happened) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Park,_Surrey#/media/File:Over... - Ocean Park was part of the territory of the Semiahmoo people, one of a group of tribes called the Straits Salish, a division of the Coast Salish. They used this place for spiritual renewal and named the area "Kwomais" which literally means place of vision, because of its high bluffs and unobstructed views to the ocean and islands. Kwomais Point is marked on many early navigation maps and has long been used as a lookout point. For protection against the raids of the Yukulta people, the Semiahmoo built a fort in Ocean Park possibly between 1820 and 1830. The fort fell into disrepair in colonial times. Today, the site is a subdivision called Indian Fort Drive near the west end of 20th Avenue.
Albert Morrow
b. 22 June 1888 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
d. 21 May 1912 in Vancouver, B.C. (from injuries in the train derailment)
Albert was the son of Albert Allen Morrow and Mary Elizabeth (Noble) Morrow.
He married LEOLA MAY PERRY on - 21 December 1911 in Vancouver, B.C.
Albert Morrow said after the train mishap on 28 January 1912 "It was a terrible experience. I hope I will never have to go through another like it. If I'm ever in another wreck I'll quit the railroad business for good" - Albert Morrow, who was on his first trip after recovering from the accident in January, was again injured. Morrow's earlier words proved prophetic as he died in the hospital later that day.
En 1716, le château accueille le jeune Voltaire, âgé de vingt-deux ans, exilé par le Régent pour excès épigrammatiques.
Voltaire passa plusieurs saisons chez le Duc de Sully (Maximilien-Henri de Béthune) entouré de philosophes et de libertins. Le jeune Arouet avait connu le duc, à l’âge de douze ans, au château du Temple, où son parrain, l’abbé de Châteauneuf, amant d’une Ninon de Lenclos octogénaire (malgré les 51 ans de différence), lui montra le chemin du libertinage. Dans sa vieillesse, Ninon avait conservé "de la fraîcheur et des appas". Elle restait entourée de soupirants. L'abbé de Châteauneuf a, nous dit Voltaire, "fini l'histoire amoureuse de cette personne singulière. C'était un de ces hommes qui n'ont pas besoin de l'attrait de la jeunesse pour avoir des désirs, et les charmes de la société de Mlle de Lanclos avaient fait sur lui l'effet de la beauté.
Pendant son exil, à Sully -sur-Loire, l'auteur de "Candide" ne reste pas inactif : Il corrige son "Oedipe" et écrit une partie de "La Henriade".
C'est à Sully que Voltaire fait la connaissance de Mlle de Livry, nièce du maire héréditaire de Sully. Voltaire donne à Mlle de Livry le nom de Julie dans la lettre à Mme de Bernières, du mois de novembre 1724, et dans celle à Duvernet, du 13 janvier 1772. Ses véritables prénoms étaient Suzanne-Catherine (Suzanne Gravet de Corsembleu de Livry).
Mlle de Livry, jeune et jolie personne, intéressa Voltaire, qui lui donna des leçons de déclamation: elle devint sa maîtresse. Dans le temps de sa liaison avec Mlle de Livry, Voltaire lui avait donné son portrait, peint par Largillière (Nicolas Largillière fut un des peintre les plus demandé, il sera directeur de Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture) .
La mode est au théâtre, la jeune femme aspire à jouer la comédie. Elle donne quelques représentations au petit théâtre installé dans les murs du château. Voltaire lui promet de l'aider à conquérir Paris. Il lui offre le premier rôle dans des pièces qu'il a écrites. Mais ce sont deux échecs cuisants qui se terminent sous les sifflets. La liaison des deux tourtereaux se distend. Elle passa en Angleterre avec une troupe de comédiens français, qui firent mal leurs affaires. Elle trouva un asile dans la maison d’un Français qui tenait un café. Le maître de la maison touché de sa position et de la conduite réservée qu’elle menait, en parlait à tout le monde. Un M. de Gouvernet, surnommé le Fleuriste, habitué du café, voulut la voir; il y parvint, mais non sans peine. Elle lui inspira des sentiments si vifs qu’il lui offrit sa main. Mlle de Livry se refusait à un mariage qui eût été mal assorti. Il la décida cependant à accepter un billet d’une loterie sur l’État, puis il fit imprimer une fausse liste où le numéro de ce billet gagnait une grosse somme. Gouvernet réitéra alors ses instances pour le mariage; il reprocha à Mlle de Livry de refuser de faire sa fortune; il fallut bien enfin qu’elle cédât. Cette aventure a, comme on voit, fourni à Voltaire les rôles de Lindane, de Freeport, et de Fabrice, dans l’Écossaise. (Voyez tome IV du Théâtre.)
Voltaire ayant invité son ami Génonville à partager son séjour à Sully, celui-ci ne tarda pas à partager la couche de la fille, laquelle finit par partager leurs hommages à tous deux.
"Arouet avait des amis. Il en avait un, jeune, aimable, ardent, ne demandant qu'à se jeter, tête baissée, dans les dissipations et les folies de son âge, malgré la toge qu'il se disposait à endosser. C'était Lefèvre de la Faluëre, le fils d'un ancien président à mortier du parlement de Bretagne, plus connu sous le nom de Génonville, qui était le nom de sa mère. Par une confiance que l'on n'a point plus tard, le poète l'admettait en tiers dans des tête-à-tête dangereux pour tout le monde. Son imprudence eut le résultat qu'on devait en attendre. Génonville devint amoureux de Suzanne qui ne sut pas résister aux persécutions de l'aimable étourdi. Arouet, trahi par sa maîtresse, trahi par son ami, avait beau jeu de se désespérer, de crier à l'ingratitude, à la perfidie. Au lieu de se fâcher, il prit son malheur en gaieté. Il perdait sa maîtresse, c'était une raison de plus pour ne pas perdre du même coup un ami qu'on aimait d'une sincère amitié." (La jeunesse de Voltaire par Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1867)
Je sais que par déloyauté
Le fripon naguère a tâté
De la maîtresse tant jolie
Dont j'étais si fort entêté.
Il rit de cette perfidie,
Et j'aurais pu m'en courroucer;
Mais je sais qu'il faut se passer
Des bagatelles dans la vie.
(Voltaire, Oeuvres complète(Beuchot)t,. XIII,p. 53. Epitre à M.le duc de Sulli, 1720.)
Les impressions d’exil de Voltaire ont été consignées dans sa correspondance. Il y raconte son commerce avec l’abbé Courtin.
"L'abbé Courtin, fils d'Honoré Courtin, conseiller d'Etat, était un homme de plaisir, frivole et charmant, qui s'était peu soucié de profiter de la position de son père pour faire fortune et devenir un personnage." (Les cours galantes par Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1862)
Avec l'abbé Courtin je vis ici tranquille,
Sans aucun regret pour la ville
(Voltaire - Correspondance 1718)
Le Régent pardonna et Voltaire retrouva son Paris.
Suzanne et Voltaire se retrouvèrent à plus de quatre-vingts ans, épouvantés par leur mutuelle décrépitude, et moururent à cinq mois d’intervalle en 1778. Suzanne était alors veuve du marquis Charles-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin de Bourlon, marquis de Gouvernet, qu'elle avait épousé en 1729. Son mariage a fournit à Voltaire quelques unes des scènes de "l'Ecossaise".
Sur son déclin, la belle Suzanne avouait non sans quelque attendrissement que « M. Arouet était un amant à la neige ». Comme les oeufs.
In 1716, the Château welcomes the young Voltaire, aged of twenty, exiled by the Regent for epigrammatic excess.
Voltaire spent several seasons at the Duke of Sully (Maximilian-Henri de Béthune) surrounded by philosophers and Libertines. Arouet young had experienced the Duke, at the age of twelve, at the castle of the Temple, where his godfather, the Abbot of Châteauneuf, lover of a Ninon de Lenclos octogenarian (despite the 51 years of difference), he showed the path of licentiousness. In his old age, Ninon had retained "the freshness and the charms". It remained surrounded by suitors. The Abbot of Châteauneuf a, said Voltaire, "finished the love story of this singular person. It was one of those men who do not need the attraction of youth to have desires, and the charms of Miss de Lanclos society had on him the effect of beauty.
During his exile, in Sully - sur-Loire, the author of "Candide" is not idle: he fixes his "Oedipus" and wrote part of "La Henriade".
It is Sully that Voltaire made the acquaintance of Miss de Livry, niece of the hereditary Mayor of Sully. Voltaire gives Livry Miss Kim's name in the letter to Ms. Bernières, the month of November 1724, and at Duvernet, 13 January 1772. His real name was Suzanne-Catherine (Suzanne Corsembleu of Livry Gravet).
Miss de Livry, young and attractive person, interested Voltaire, who gave him lessons in declamation: she became his mistress. At the time of her affair with Miss de Livry, Voltaire gave him his portrait, painted by Largillière (Nicolas Largillière was one of the most requested painter, headmaster of Royal Academy of painting and sculpture).
Fashion is at the theater, the young woman aspires to play comedy. It gives some performances at the little theatre installed in the walls of the Castle. Voltaire promised him to help him conquer Paris. He offered him the leading role in plays he has written. But these are two failures ending under the whistles. The binding of the two lovebirds distends. She spent in England with a troupe of french actors, who hurt their business. She found shelter in the home of a French holding a cup of coffee. The master of the House affected its position and the reserved line she was conducting, spoke to everyone. A Mr. Girard, nicknamed florist, used coffee, wanted to see it. He succeeded, but not without penalty. It inspired the feelings so vivid that he offered him his hand. Miss de Livry refused to a marriage that had been poorly matched. He however decided the to accept a ticket to a lottery on the State, and then he did print a false list where this ticket number won a large sum. Girard then reiterated its instances for the wedding; He reproached to Mlle de Livry refuse to make his fortune; It took well finally that she gave. This adventure has, as one sees, provided to Voltaire the roles of Lindane, Freeport, and Fabrice, in Scottish. (See volume IV of the Theatre.)
Voltaire invited his friend Genonville to share his stay at Sully, it soon to share the layer of the daughter, which eventually share their tributes to both.
"Arouet had friends. He had a young, amiable, ardent, asking that flowing, headlong, into dissipation and follies of his age, despite the gown that he had to endorse. It was Lin's Faluere, the son of a former Président à mortier of the parlement of Brittany, known as Genonville, which was the name of his mother. By confidence there point later, the poet admitted in third in the head-to-head dangerous for everyone. His recklessness was the result that was to be expected. Genonville became in love with Suzanne who knew not how to resist the persecution of the kind dizzy. Arouet, betrayed by his mistress, betrayed by his friend, had beautiful game of despairing, scream at the ingratitude to perfidy. Instead of getting upset, he took his misfortune gaiety. "He lost his mistress, it was one more reason not to lose at the same time a friend that loved a sincere friendship." (The youth of Voltaire by Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1867)
I know by disloyalty
The former Dodger has dabbled
Both pretty mistress
Which I was so very stubborn.
He laughs of this perfidy,
And I could have me courroucer;
But I know that it must happen
Trifles in life.
(Voltaire, works full (Beuchot) t. XIII, p. 53. Epistle to Mr. Duke of Sulli, 1720)
Impressions of exile of Voltaire were recorded in his correspondence. It tells its trade with the Abbot Courtin.
"The Abbot Courtin, son of Honoré Courtin, State Councillor, was a fun, frivolous and charming man, who cared was little to take advantage of the position of his father to make a fortune and become a character." (Current galantes by Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1862)
With the Abbot Courtin I live here quiet,
No regret for the city
(Voltaire - correspondence 1718)
The Regent forgave and Voltaire found his Paris.
Suzanne and Voltaire were more than eighty years, appalled by their mutual decrepitude, and died five months apart in 1778. Suzanne was the widow of the marquis Charles-Frédéric de Tour du Pin of Bourlon, marquis of Girard, whom she had married in 1729. His marriage has Voltaire provides some of the scenes of "Scottish".
On its decline, the beautiful Suzanne confessed not without some emotion that "Mr. Arouet was a lover in the snow". Like eggs.
Sully-sur-Loire (Loiret)
Le château.
En 1716, le château accueille le jeune Voltaire, âgé de vingt-deux ans, exilé par le Régent pour excès épigrammatiques.
Voltaire passa plusieurs saisons chez le Duc de Sully (Maximilien-Henri de Béthune) entouré de philosophes et de libertins. Le jeune Arouet avait connu le duc, à l’âge de douze ans, au château du Temple, où son parrain, l’abbé de Châteauneuf, amant d’une Ninon de Lenclos octogénaire (malgré les 51 ans de différence), lui montra le chemin du libertinage. Dans sa vieillesse, Ninon avait conservé "de la fraîcheur et des appas". Elle restait entourée de soupirants. L'abbé de Châteauneuf a, nous dit Voltaire, "fini l'histoire amoureuse de cette personne singulière. C'était un de ces hommes qui n'ont pas besoin de l'attrait de la jeunesse pour avoir des désirs, et les charmes de la société de Mlle de Lanclos avaient fait sur lui l'effet de la beauté.
Pendant son exil, à Sully -sur-Loire, l'auteur de "Candide" ne reste pas inactif : Il corrige son "Oedipe" et écrit une partie de "La Henriade".
C'est à Sully que Voltaire fait la connaissance de Mlle de Livry, nièce du maire héréditaire de Sully. Voltaire donne à Mlle de Livry le nom de Julie dans la lettre à Mme de Bernières, du mois de novembre 1724, et dans celle à Duvernet, du 13 janvier 1772. Ses véritables prénoms étaient Suzanne-Catherine (Suzanne Gravet de Corsembleu de Livry).
Mlle de Livry, jeune et jolie personne, intéressa Voltaire, qui lui donna des leçons de déclamation: elle devint sa maîtresse. Dans le temps de sa liaison avec Mlle de Livry, Voltaire lui avait donné son portrait, peint par Largillière (Nicolas Largillière fut un des peintre les plus demandé, il sera directeur de Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture) .
La mode est au théâtre, la jeune femme aspire à jouer la comédie. Elle donne quelques représentations au petit théâtre installé dans les murs du château. Voltaire lui promet de l'aider à conquérir Paris. Il lui offre le premier rôle dans des pièces qu'il a écrites. Mais ce sont deux échecs cuisants qui se terminent sous les sifflets. La liaison des deux tourtereaux se distend. Elle passa en Angleterre avec une troupe de comédiens français, qui firent mal leurs affaires. Elle trouva un asile dans la maison d’un Français qui tenait un café. Le maître de la maison touché de sa position et de la conduite réservée qu’elle menait, en parlait à tout le monde. Un M. de Gouvernet, surnommé le Fleuriste, habitué du café, voulut la voir; il y parvint, mais non sans peine. Elle lui inspira des sentiments si vifs qu’il lui offrit sa main. Mlle de Livry se refusait à un mariage qui eût été mal assorti. Il la décida cependant à accepter un billet d’une loterie sur l’État, puis il fit imprimer une fausse liste où le numéro de ce billet gagnait une grosse somme. Gouvernet réitéra alors ses instances pour le mariage; il reprocha à Mlle de Livry de refuser de faire sa fortune; il fallut bien enfin qu’elle cédât. Cette aventure a, comme on voit, fourni à Voltaire les rôles de Lindane, de Freeport, et de Fabrice, dans l’Écossaise. (Voyez tome IV du Théâtre.)
Voltaire ayant invité son ami Génonville à partager son séjour à Sully, celui-ci ne tarda pas à partager la couche de la fille, laquelle finit par partager leurs hommages à tous deux.
"Arouet avait des amis. Il en avait un, jeune, aimable, ardent, ne demandant qu'à se jeter, tête baissée, dans les dissipations et les folies de son âge, malgré la toge qu'il se disposait à endosser. C'était Lefèvre de la Faluëre, le fils d'un ancien président à mortier du parlement de Bretagne, plus connu sous le nom de Génonville, qui était le nom de sa mère. Par une confiance que l'on n'a point plus tard, le poète l'admettait en tiers dans des tête-à-tête dangereux pour tout le monde. Son imprudence eut le résultat qu'on devait en attendre. Génonville devint amoureux de Suzanne qui ne sut pas résister aux persécutions de l'aimable étourdi. Arouet, trahi par sa maîtresse, trahi par son ami, avait beau jeu de se désespérer, de crier à l'ingratitude, à la perfidie. Au lieu de se fâcher, il prit son malheur en gaieté. Il perdait sa maîtresse, c'était une raison de plus pour ne pas perdre du même coup un ami qu'on aimait d'une sincère amitié." (La jeunesse de Voltaire par Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1867)
Je sais que par déloyauté
Le fripon naguère a tâté
De la maîtresse tant jolie
Dont j'étais si fort entêté.
Il rit de cette perfidie,
Et j'aurais pu m'en courroucer;
Mais je sais qu'il faut se passer
Des bagatelles dans la vie.
(Voltaire, Oeuvres complète(Beuchot)t,. XIII,p. 53. Epitre à M.le duc de Sulli, 1720.)
Les impressions d’exil de Voltaire ont été consignées dans sa correspondance. Il y raconte son commerce avec l’abbé Courtin.
"L'abbé Courtin, fils d'Honoré Courtin, conseiller d'Etat, était un homme de plaisir, frivole et charmant, qui s'était peu soucié de profiter de la position de son père pour faire fortune et devenir un personnage." (Les cours galantes par Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1862)
Avec l'abbé Courtin je vis ici tranquille,
Sans aucun regret pour la ville
(Voltaire - Correspondance 1718)
Le Régent pardonna et Voltaire retrouva son Paris.
Suzanne et Voltaire se retrouvèrent à plus de quatre-vingts ans, épouvantés par leur mutuelle décrépitude, et moururent à cinq mois d’intervalle en 1778. Suzanne était alors veuve du marquis Charles-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin de Bourlon, marquis de Gouvernet, qu'elle avait épousé en 1729. Son mariage a fournit à Voltaire quelques unes des scènes de "l'Ecossaise".
Sur son déclin, la belle Suzanne avouait non sans quelque attendrissement que « M. Arouet était un amant à la neige ». Comme les oeufs.
In 1716, the Château welcomes the young Voltaire, aged of twenty, exiled by the Regent for epigrammatic excess.
Voltaire spent several seasons at the Duke of Sully (Maximilian-Henri de Béthune) surrounded by philosophers and Libertines. Arouet young had experienced the Duke, at the age of twelve, at the castle of the Temple, where his godfather, the Abbot of Châteauneuf, lover of a Ninon de Lenclos octogenarian (despite the 51 years of difference), he showed the path of licentiousness. In his old age, Ninon had retained "the freshness and the charms". It remained surrounded by suitors. The Abbot of Châteauneuf a, said Voltaire, "finished the love story of this singular person. It was one of those men who do not need the attraction of youth to have desires, and the charms of Miss de Lanclos society had on him the effect of beauty.
During his exile, in Sully - sur-Loire, the author of "Candide" is not idle: he fixes his "Oedipus" and wrote part of "La Henriade".
It is Sully that Voltaire made the acquaintance of Miss de Livry, niece of the hereditary Mayor of Sully. Voltaire gives Livry Miss Kim's name in the letter to Ms. Bernières, the month of November 1724, and at Duvernet, 13 January 1772. His real name was Suzanne-Catherine (Suzanne Corsembleu of Livry Gravet).
Miss de Livry, young and attractive person, interested Voltaire, who gave him lessons in declamation: she became his mistress. At the time of her affair with Miss de Livry, Voltaire gave him his portrait, painted by Largillière (Nicolas Largillière was one of the most requested painter, headmaster of Royal Academy of painting and sculpture).
Fashion is at the theater, the young woman aspires to play comedy. It gives some performances at the little theatre installed in the walls of the Castle. Voltaire promised him to help him conquer Paris. He offered him the leading role in plays he has written. But these are two failures ending under the whistles. The binding of the two lovebirds distends. She spent in England with a troupe of french actors, who hurt their business. She found shelter in the home of a French holding a cup of coffee. The master of the House affected its position and the reserved line she was conducting, spoke to everyone. A Mr. Girard, nicknamed florist, used coffee, wanted to see it. He succeeded, but not without penalty. It inspired the feelings so vivid that he offered him his hand. Miss de Livry refused to a marriage that had been poorly matched. He however decided the to accept a ticket to a lottery on the State, and then he did print a false list where this ticket number won a large sum. Girard then reiterated its instances for the wedding; He reproached to Mlle de Livry refuse to make his fortune; It took well finally that she gave. This adventure has, as one sees, provided to Voltaire the roles of Lindane, Freeport, and Fabrice, in Scottish. (See volume IV of the Theatre.)
Voltaire invited his friend Genonville to share his stay at Sully, it soon to share the layer of the daughter, which eventually share their tributes to both.
"Arouet had friends. He had a young, amiable, ardent, asking that flowing, headlong, into dissipation and follies of his age, despite the gown that he had to endorse. It was Lin's Faluere, the son of a former Président à mortier of the parlement of Brittany, known as Genonville, which was the name of his mother. By confidence there point later, the poet admitted in third in the head-to-head dangerous for everyone. His recklessness was the result that was to be expected. Genonville became in love with Suzanne who knew not how to resist the persecution of the kind dizzy. Arouet, betrayed by his mistress, betrayed by his friend, had beautiful game of despairing, scream at the ingratitude to perfidy. Instead of getting upset, he took his misfortune gaiety. "He lost his mistress, it was one more reason not to lose at the same time a friend that loved a sincere friendship." (The youth of Voltaire by Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1867)
I know by disloyalty
The former Dodger has dabbled
Both pretty mistress
Which I was so very stubborn.
He laughs of this perfidy,
And I could have me courroucer;
But I know that it must happen
Trifles in life.
(Voltaire, works full (Beuchot) t. XIII, p. 53. Epistle to Mr. Duke of Sulli, 1720)
Impressions of exile of Voltaire were recorded in his correspondence. It tells its trade with the Abbot Courtin.
"The Abbot Courtin, son of Honoré Courtin, State Councillor, was a fun, frivolous and charming man, who cared was little to take advantage of the position of his father to make a fortune and become a character." (Current galantes by Gustave Desnoiresterres - 1862)
With the Abbot Courtin I live here quiet,
No regret for the city
(Voltaire - correspondence 1718)
The Regent forgave and Voltaire found his Paris.
Suzanne and Voltaire were more than eighty years, appalled by their mutual decrepitude, and died five months apart in 1778. Suzanne was the widow of the marquis Charles-Frédéric de Tour du Pin of Bourlon, marquis of Girard, whom she had married in 1729. His marriage has Voltaire provides some of the scenes of "Scottish".
On its decline, the beautiful Suzanne confessed not without some emotion that "Mr. Arouet was a lover in the snow". Like eggs.
Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire where a plot had been formed to destroy them. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Ester מגילת אסתר in Hebrew).
According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus (presumed to be Xerxes I of Persia) planned to kill all the Jews in the empire, but his plans were foiled by Mordecai and his cousin and adopted daughter Esther who had risen to become Queen of Persia. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing.
The cookies are shaped like a triangle, because it was believed that Haman's hat was tri-cornered.
Pourim
Pourim est une fête juive d’origine biblique mais d’institution rabbinique, qui commémore les événements relatés dans le Livre d’Esther.
Ceux-ci ont été vécus par les Juifs comme la délivrance miraculeuse d’un massacre de grande ampleur, planifié à leur encontre par Haman l’Agaggite dans tout l’Empire perse au temps de sa splendeur.
La fête est célébrée chaque année à la date du 14 adar (qui correspond, selon les années, au milieu des mois de février ou mars dans le calendrier grégorien).
Aux pratiques traditionnelles, consignées dans le Livre d’Esther et ordonnancées par les Sages de la Mishna, se sont ajoutées diverses coutumes, notamment culinaires avec les hamantaschen et fazuelos, ainsi que des manifestations joyeuses et extravagantes comme l’encouragement à l’ébriété, l’usage de crécelles à l’évocation du nom de Haman ou les mascarades inspirées des carnavals italiens.
Source : Wikipedia et Wikipedia.fr
Photo by my sister.
Photo prise par ma soeur.
The Palisades Patrol — powered by Illinois Central dual control freight GP-7 8851, one of two on the IC — rolls through the bucolic countryside between Altoona and Belle Plaine. The local way freight was the beginning and end for much railroad freight transportation, picking up and delivering individual cars for shippers and consignees. The dual-control cab was ideally suited for the out-and-back operation of the patrol.
Models and photo by Ted Richardson.
Visit the HO scale club on-line at www.napmltd.org.
The Keystone Auto Transit Company used this business card to signal big plans--service to five cities, $1.5 million in authorized capital, a full slate of officers--when it started up in 1917, but it seems to have stayed in business for only a short time.
The company placed an advertisement in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, October 21, 1917, offering motor freight services that were intended to compete with the railroads. The ad promised quick delivery of freight by "trackless locomotives," a term that was sometimes used to refer to trucks and cars in the early twentieth century.
"Freight in a Day" was the title of an article (though it reads like another advertisement) that appeared in the same newspaper a week later on October 28, 1917, and it also used "trackless locomotives" and other railroad terminology to describe the company's operations:
"The Keystone Auto Transit Company have inaugurated a freight and express service between New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, [and] Harrisburg, employing a great fleet of tractors and trailers [early versions of today's tractor-trailer trucks] that carry as much as thirty tons to the load.
"These big trackless locomotives [trucks] and their trailers will leave a specified station in each of the cities at exactly 11 A.M. and will undertake to deliver to the consignee's door on the day of shipment, which, of course, provides for early morning collection.
"These collections are made by more than fifty lighter and even faster trucks, which carry the individual shipments to the general depot [which was a truck depot, not a railroad depot] for loading on the overland trains [over-the-road trucks]. These trains [trucks!] are scheduled to meet frequently on each route, so that drivers and supplies are always available should an accident occur."
Although it's obvious that the Keystone Auto Transit Company intended to compete with the railroads, the venture apparently failed, and I haven't been able to uncover much besides this business card to document the company's existence.
For some interesting details about the challenges facing early trucking companies like this one, take a look at Wikipedia's article on the History of the Trucking Industry in the United States.
Keystone Auto Transit Co.
(Incorporated) Incorporating with auth. cap. $1,500,000.
Large Shipments Especially Solicited.
New York. Pittsburgh. Atlantic City. Baltimore.
Philadelphia
Service Station, 1714-16-18 Callowhill St.
Bell Phone, Spruce 3826. Keystone Phone, Race 5090.
J. W. White, President.
F. T. Finch, 1st Vice President and Traffic Mgr. Pres., Phila. Motor Service Corp.
V. E. Kugler, 2d Vice President and Treasurer. Treasurer, Blair Eastern Co.
F. H. McNerney, 3d Vice President. Mgr., Western Furniture Mfg. Co.
F. J. P. Hildenbrand, Secretary. General Insurance, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. W. H. Fisher, District Mgr. Oaklyn, N.J.
Represented by
This summer, an exhibition devoted to signage in the trenches took place at the Abri Mémoire in Uffholtz. This exhibition presented, among other things, a collection of panels collected at the end of the conflict by a resident of one of the neighboring municipalities of the Hartmannswillerkopf.
This collection survived the years sheltered from bad weather and was bequeathed to Les Amis du Hartmannswillerkopf (The Friends of Hartmannswillerkopf) association after the death of its curator.
Les Amis du Hartmannswillerkopf have chosen to exhibit part of this exceptional heritage that we share here through a series of photos.
Box in which were probably recorded the operating regulations for the use of the D.101 funicular, which started from the Klippenstollen on the Kreutzotterpafd and arrived under the Bastion at Curve 7 of the Voie Serpentine.
Cet été avait lieu à l'Abri Mémoire d'Uffholtz une exposition consacrée à la signalétique dans les tranchées. Cette exposition présentait, entre autre, une collection de panneaux rassemblés dès la fin du conflit par un habitant de l'une des communes voisines du Hartmannswillerkopf.
Cette collection a traversé le temps à l'abri des intempéries et été léguée à l'association des Amis du Hartmannswillerkopf après le décès de son conservateur.
Les Amis du Hartmannswillerkopf ont choisi d'exposer une partie de ce patrimoine exceptionnel que nous partageons ici à travers une série de photos.
Coffret dans lequel étaient probablement consignées les recommandations d'exploitation du funiculaire D.101, qui démarrait du Klippenstollen sur le Kreutzotterpafd et qui arrivait sous le Bastion à la Courbe 7 de la Voie Serpentine.
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I was in the ROTC at the University of Houston and commissioned as a 2nd LT in the U. S. Army when I graduated. In March, 1966 I went on active duty stationed at the home of the Transportation Corps, Ft. Eustis, Virginia. How I got there and then my assignments going forward is an interesting story. I was originally assigned to be in the Corps of Engineers. After writing several letters explaining my interest and employment in the field of transportation, specifically railroading, the Army reassigned me to the Transportation Corps. Once at Ft. Eustis I was able to be assigned as a railroad detachment commander. My unit was the 525th Rail Detachment and we were attached to the last active railroad battalion in the Army - the 714th TBROS&DE (Transportation Battalion Operating Steam and Diesel Electric). I took the 525h to Viet Nam where our job was to coordinate rail transportation movements from the Port of Saigon to Long Binh, Bien Hoa Airbase, Dian (base camp of the 1st Infantry Division) and Xuan Loc (base camp of the 11th Armored Cavalry). All the consignees received construction materials and a variety of other commodities.
When my Viet Nam tour was completed I returned to Ft. Eustis as the Executive Officer of B Company (Maintenance) of the 714th until I was discharged from active duty.
www.flbtrain.com/Railroads/IVE-BEEN-WORKING-ON-THE/U-S-Army/
I was in the ROTC at the University of Houston and commissioned as a 2nd LT in the U. S. Army when I graduated. In March, 1966 I went on active duty stationed at the home of the Transportation Corps, Ft. Eustis, Virginia. How I got there and then my assignments going forward is an interesting story. I was originally assigned to be in the Corps of Engineers. After writing several letters explaining my interest and employment in the field of transportation, specifically railroading, the Army reassigned me to the Transportation Corps. Once at Ft. Eustis I was able to be assigned as a railroad detachment commander. My unit was the 525th Rail Detachment and we were attached to the last active railroad battalion in the Army - the 714th TBROS&DE (Transportation Battalion Operating Steam and Diesel Electric). I took the 525h to Viet Nam where our job was to coordinate rail transportation movements from the Port of Saigon to Long Binh, Bien Hoa Airbase, Dian (base camp of the 1st Infantry Division) and Xuan Loc (base camp of the 11th Armored Cavalry). All the consignees received construction materials and a variety of other commodities.
When my Viet Nam tour was completed I returned to Ft. Eustis as the Executive Officer of B Company (Maintenance) of the 714th until I was discharged from active duty.
Bay Colony RR 25-tonner #151 at Westoort, MA on the ex-NH, ex-PC, ex-CR Watuppa Secondary.
Just out of sight to the right was the MassCrinc plant, which had a siding that they used to ship out recycled goods. This portion of the line is long gone now. The plant was located next to White's Restaurant and today is the site of the Towneplace Suites by Marriott hotel which can be seen here alongside Rt 195 east.
At the time, Mid-City Scrap was the only other BCLR consignee on this branch. Conrail's WAMI-3 ran to New Bedford & out the Watuppa to N. Dartmouth, where Colonial Beverage and JJ Taylor's beer distributorships were located. Both were important CR customers and typically switched on Mon-Wed-Fri. They interchanged with BCLR at the runaround track near Hixville Rd.
March 13, 1986 rescan
The Old Hill Street Police Station is a historic building and former police station in Singapore, and is located at Hill Street in the Museum Planning Area, within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.
Between 1845 and 1856, the Assembly Rooms – a space for public functions and a building that housed a theatre and a school – occupied the current site of the Old Hill Street Police Station. The Old Hill Street Police Station building is the site of Singapore's first jail. Following a meeting of soldiers in the Alexandra Barracks in 1915, the Singapore Police Force was reorganised. As a result of the reorganisation, from 1915 to 1935, the Singapore Police Force built several police stations to deal with increasing Chinese secret society activities. To provide vehicular access behind the building, the steep slopes of Fort Canning had to be cut back and shored up.
In 1934, the Hill Street Police Station and Barracks was opened by Director of Public Works and Adviser for Malay States, G. Sturrock, who was also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA). In addition to the standard facilities for a police station, there were living quarters for policemen and their families.
During the Japanese Occupation, Hill Street Police Station was used by the Kempeitai as a holding area for prisoners and some say, as torture chambers. After the war, it reverted to being a police station. The Arms and Explosives Branch of the Police Department operated there from 1949 to 1981.
In the 1960s, a new housing scheme gave police personnel the option to live in government-built accommodation. Police staff gradually moved out, with the last occupant leaving in 1979. Two years later, the station was closed and, after renovations, the building was renamed Hill Street Building in 1983. It housed the Official Consignee, the Official Trustees, Public Receiver and the Archives and Oral History Department (now the National Archives) and other government departments.
Today, it is used by the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. Former occupants include the National Arts Council, the National Heritage Board and the Media Development Authority. The Old Hill Street Police Station building was gazetted as a national monument on 18 December 1998.
CSX local D716 heads south on the Saginaw Subdivision with four cars in late afternoon light. Not sure the consignee for the load of lumber, but the three gondolas are going to US Ecology aka "Dirty Dirt" in Romulus. The GP38-2, running long hood forward, was originally built for Penn Central in 1973 as 8055.
Agriculture - Industry - Marine Survey & Inspection Group (AIM Control) in Viet Nam and Worldwide. AIM Control is an independent inspection company acting globally and providing a complete range of inspection, quality goods control and consulting service to trade and industry as well as governmental buying organizations.
ACTIVITIES:
Certification
Inspection & Survey, Superintendence
Quality Goods Control Inspection & Adjuster
Third Party Inspection & Laboratory Services
Technical Consultancy & Engineering Control
Diving and Underwater Works
BUSINESS LINES:
Agriculture - Industry – Marine Operations
Consumer - Manufacture Testing
Governments and Institutions
Minerals
Oil gas - Chemical - Offshore
Systems and Service Certification
Outsourcing
Risk Management
It would be very happy for AIM Control to be nominated as independent Agency & Inspection, Survey Company and/ or Representative on behalf of your company in Vietnam and worldwide. We would like to take the opportunity to sign in co-operation with your company with an Agent Agreement Contract.
It is pleasure to introduce ourselves to you, our Group: Agriculture - Industry - Marine Survey & Inspection Group (AIM Control), Vietnam and Worldwide
1. Background
1.1. Agriculture – Industry – Marine Inspection and Survey Group (AIM Control), Our Group was founded with 30% share capital from the Multinational Group holdings and its business operated under Business Register Certificate No. 4103003457 to meet the requirements of our clients and comply with the requirements of the Vietnam Government and International Rules for Survey, Inspection, and Consultant & Superintendence.
1.2. As from its foundation, AIM Control has provided a full range of survey, inspection and superintendence services to domestic and foreign clients since 1993 via its prompt and accurate for commodities, non-commodities, others and as well consultant, property appraisal in Industry, Marine and Agriculture fields. Most important of all, we offer a high level of attention to the needs of our customers.
1.3. Our experienced surveyors/inspectors are committed to understanding each client's particular situation and survey/inspection objectives. We do our best to provide the kind of information, analysis and advice that will assist our clients in making informed and comfortable decisions.
1.3. AIM Control has established and applied Quality Management System in conformity with ISO 9001: 2000 by BVQI London. The scope of services offered and the techniques and procedures applied are constantly adapted to the demands of the market place. The company is member of IFIA, GAFTA, FOSFA, THE SUGAR ASSOCIATION and corresponding associations and has been certified for ISO 45001, 45004, 45012 ( ISO 17020, 17025 ).
1.4. The Logo of AIM Control was registered at National Office of Industrial Property belonging directly to Ministry of Science, Industry and Environment.
1.5. Our Mission promotes improvements in quality, health, safety, and environmental and technical standards through the publication of guidance and information notes, codes of practice, and by other appropriate means to our staff and the Vietnamese community.
1.6. AIM Control provides inspection & survey services by National & International Inspector, Surveyor who meet the qualifications of the Inspector, Surveyors. The term Inspector, Surveyor refers to a National & International Commissioned Inspector, Surveyor as defined in this document.
1.7. Administrative Criteria of AIM Control demonstrates exclusive administrative and technical supervision of the surveyor, inspector's activities.
1.8. Independence, Impartiality and Integrity
General: The personnel of AIM Control shall be free from any financial and other pressures which might affect their judgment. Procedures shall be implemented to ensure that persons or organizations external to AIM Control; cannot influence the results of inspections carried out.
Independence: AIM Control shall be independent to the extent that is required with regard to the conditions under which it performs its services. It shall meet the criteria described: shall be independent of the parties involved; its staff responsible for carrying out the inspection, survey shall not be the designer, manufacturer or supplier of the items which they inspect, nor the authorized representative of any of these parties; shall not engage in any activities that may conflict with their independence of judgment and integrity in relation to their inspection, survey activities.
1.9. Organization and Management
AIM Control has the capability to perform its technical functions satisfactorily, as described in Paragraph 1.10.
AIM Control defines and document the responsibilities and reporting structure of the organization.
In some case of the inspection, survey, AIM Control shall employ one or more high-technology supervisor(s)/technical manager(s) and equipment(s)/device(s) however named, who have the overall responsibility for carrying out inspection activities in accordance with this document, and to monitor the performance of the inspector, surveyor. The supervisor/technical manager shall provide instructions to Inspectors, Surveyors specifying their respective duties and responsibilities, including the duty to perform inspections in accordance with department requirements.
1.10. Technical Management
Management controls to ensure development and implementation of a quality process.
Verify its technical capability with respect to inspection, examination, repair, alteration or other core competencies.
Provide for initial and ongoing training to maintain the competence of its personnel.
1.11. Evaluation for Membership Certificate of AIM Control
Membership required a survey at a location or locations where the applicant's inspection activities are controlled. The applicant shall specify the location(s) at which the quality program will be fully demonstrated. The applicant must provide the formal name of the agency and under what department it was formed. It is not necessary to survey each regional office or location covered by the same program provided documentation is made available to the survey team. The purpose of the survey is to evaluate the applicant's quality program including its implementation.
1.12. Issuance of Certificate and/or Report
The Certificate and/or Report will be promptly completed to the client upon request.
2. Members
2.1 Membership of AIM Control is available to companies and organizations active in the survey, inspection, consultant profession. The company's service organization is present in all major countries of all continents either with own Branch Offices or through Team Offices and is co-ordinated by the Head Offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam:
Toa Consultant Co., Ltd. in Marine Consultants & Ship Designs and of Panama Marine Survey & Certificate Services Inc, (PMSCS) – Malta Flag in Japan
Cesmec WSS S.A. Group in Chile
Overseas Associate Surveyors Brazil Ltd.
BASE SPA in Italy
Henderson International Iran Ltd
International Goods Inspection Company
Asian Divers & Equipment Sdn. Bhd.
VDL Marine Services (Pty) Ltd in Seychelles
Carsurin Co., Ltd, and PT. Andisha Sompa Co. in Indonesia
Global Surveyors & Inspectors Ltd. in Korea
Triumph Marine S.A. in Bulgaria
M/s J.C Gupta & Co., Pvt. Ltd. in India
Asian Divers & Equipment SDN BHD. in Malaysia
Hyopsung Surveyors & Adjusters Group in Korea
International Register of Shipping in USA
Eurogal Surveys Co., Ltd. (ESC) in Cambodia
MACOSNAR GROUP in Panama
BroadPulsee Group in North America
European Operations Group (“GMG”) in U.K
P & F S.r.l. (STCR) in Italy
BULCARGO Ltd.,7, VasilDrumev Str., BG-9002 Varna, Bulgaria
2.2 Our Clients are Ship Owners, Cargo, Shippers, Consignees, Chatterers, P&I, H&M & Cargo Underwriters, Banks, Lawyers, Shipyards, Enterprises, Group, Group, Shippers, Consignees, and some Government and Official bodies and the International Associations and any of its clients.
3. Personnel
3.1 Staff of the office is variously Members or Fellows of the Institute of Marine Engineers, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, The Nautical Institute and The Society of Consulting Marine Engineers & Ship Surveyors, in The Marine Technical Consultants’ Association, having the Professional Qualifications Marine, Diver, Construction & Architecture, Environment, Design, and Industrial & Electrical Engineers.
3.2 Key of our personnel, CEO. Nguyen Te Nhan, Master Ha Van Truong and Marine Pilot, Eng. Tran Duc Nhat, Capt. Nguyen An Thanh, Marine Chief Electrical Eng. Le Quang Dat, Electrical Industry Eng. Nguyen Hai Phong, Marine Dive Master Nguyen Hoang Hung, Master of Architecture Pham Ngoc Thao, Construction Eng. Nguyen Van Khoa, Construction Eng. Tran Duy An, Business Accountant Management Dang Viet Ha, Business Economical Management Nguyen Sy Huy, Master-Engineer Officer Nguyen Ngoc Phu, Chief Engineer Nguyen Dinh Hung.
4. Equipment
4.1 In Marine, Industry Fields, We carry equipment for shipping casualty investigations such as the normal still & motion picture photography including digital photography for transferring photographs of casualties to Clients direct over the Internet. Ultrasonic steel plate thickness gauging tools, refrigeration spear thermometers, grain temperature, moisture & humidity meters, Dynamometers, Pyrometers, Binoculars, The Ocean Imaging System Digital, GPS System, Corrosion Testing Equipment, In-Plan Quality Control Thin Film, Coating Thickness Meters, Electronic Spray Gun Testing, Temperature Dew point, Hydrometer, Amperemeters, Electrodynamometer, Mega-Ohm Meters and measurement Devices, are also carried. An ultra-sonic cargo hatch cover tightness instrument which permits testing of hatch covers with cargo on board and a digital fan-wheel anemometer for measuring air flows through cargo holds prior to loading perishable products are some more of our equipment, NTD. Furthermore a chromium steel tank contents’ sampling device suitable to obtain samples from any level is available for use.
4.2 In Diving & Offshore Field, survey and working : Chamber, Diver Gas Recovery System, Diver Gas Reclaim Helmet, Membrane Gas Separation System, Bell Gas Management Panel, High Flow Big Mask, Cuttings Rods, Cutting/Welding Torch, Battery Operated Sets, Ultra weld, Cox Submarine Gun, Underwater Video System, Pins, Hand lamps, wetsuits, hot water suits and accessories, Marker Lights, Diver Communication, Pressure Testing Gause, Decompression Chambers, Container Diving System, Built-in Compressor and Gas Storage, Bell Survival Suit, Underwater Digital Photography, Video Camera, Underwater Radio Communication.
4.4 Our Laboratory: Testing products & Material Lab Analysis.
Pursuant to the mottos:
Accurate
Unprejudiced
Prompt
We dedicate ourselves to continually improving the quality of our services by focusing on skills of the specialized staff and technique to and hope to obtain close cooperation with you all soon in the spirit of equality and bilateral benefit.
Thanks your help and your attention would be highly appreciated,
Thanks & Best regards,
Dr Capt Nguyen
Tel: +848-3832-7204; Fax: +848-3832-8393
Cell: +8490-3615-612
Skype: aimcontrol
E-mail: aimcontrol@vnn.vn; aimcontrol@hotmail.com
Leased NS GP38-2 5303 leads Dover & Delaware River train RP-1 west through Denville Interlocking on the afternoon of September 16 with 7 cars and another locomotive in tow. The crew had served a consignee in Totowa earlier, the easternmost point served by the RP-1. In the left foreground is the NJT Catenary service trainset which has been parked on the "General Box" siding in Denville since early August. Thanks to Bill for the tip that the train was approaching.
September 16, 2020
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I was in the ROTC at the University of Houston and commissioned as a 2nd LT in the U. S. Army when I graduated. In March, 1966 I went on active duty stationed at the home of the Transportation Corps, Ft. Eustis, Virginia. How I got there and then my assignments going forward is an interesting story. I was originally assigned to be in the Corps of Engineers. After writing several letters explaining my interest and employment in the field of transportation, specifically railroading, the Army reassigned me to the Transportation Corps. Once at Ft. Eustis I was able to be assigned as a railroad detachment commander. My unit was the 525th Rail Detachment and we were attached to the last active railroad battalion in the Army - the 714th TBROS&DE (Transportation Battalion Operating Steam and Diesel Electric). I took the 525h to Viet Nam where our job was to coordinate rail transportation movements from the Port of Saigon to Long Binh, Bien Hoa Airbase, Dian (base camp of the 1st Infantry Division) and Xuan Loc (base camp of the 11th Armored Cavalry). All the consignees received construction materials and a variety of other commodities.
When my Viet Nam tour was completed I returned to Ft. Eustis as the Executive Officer of B Company (Maintenance) of the 714th until I was discharged from active duty.
Agriculture - Industry - Marine Survey & Inspection Group (AIM Control) in Viet Nam and Worldwide. AIM Control is an independent inspection company acting globally and providing a complete range of inspection, quality goods control and consulting service to trade and industry as well as governmental buying organizations.
ACTIVITIES:
Certification
Inspection & Survey, Superintendence
Quality Goods Control Inspection & Adjuster
Third Party Inspection & Laboratory Services
Technical Consultancy & Engineering Control
Diving and Underwater Works
BUSINESS LINES:
Agriculture - Industry – Marine Operations
Consumer - Manufacture Testing
Governments and Institutions
Minerals
Oil gas - Chemical - Offshore
Systems and Service Certification
Outsourcing
Risk Management
It would be very happy for AIM Control to be nominated as independent Agency & Inspection, Survey Company and/ or Representative on behalf of your company in Vietnam and worldwide. We would like to take the opportunity to sign in co-operation with your company with an Agent Agreement Contract.
It is pleasure to introduce ourselves to you, our Group: Agriculture - Industry - Marine Survey & Inspection Group (AIM Control), Vietnam and Worldwide
1. Background
1.1. Agriculture – Industry – Marine Inspection and Survey Group (AIM Control), Our Group was founded with 30% share capital from the Multinational Group holdings and its business operated under Business Register Certificate No. 4103003457 to meet the requirements of our clients and comply with the requirements of the Vietnam Government and International Rules for Survey, Inspection, and Consultant & Superintendence.
1.2. As from its foundation, AIM Control has provided a full range of survey, inspection and superintendence services to domestic and foreign clients since 1993 via its prompt and accurate for commodities, non-commodities, others and as well consultant, property appraisal in Industry, Marine and Agriculture fields. Most important of all, we offer a high level of attention to the needs of our customers.
1.3. Our experienced surveyors/inspectors are committed to understanding each client's particular situation and survey/inspection objectives. We do our best to provide the kind of information, analysis and advice that will assist our clients in making informed and comfortable decisions.
1.3. AIM Control has established and applied Quality Management System in conformity with ISO 9001: 2000 by BVQI London. The scope of services offered and the techniques and procedures applied are constantly adapted to the demands of the market place. The company is member of IFIA, GAFTA, FOSFA, THE SUGAR ASSOCIATION and corresponding associations and has been certified for ISO 45001, 45004, 45012 ( ISO 17020, 17025 ).
1.4. The Logo of AIM Control was registered at National Office of Industrial Property belonging directly to Ministry of Science, Industry and Environment.
1.5. Our Mission promotes improvements in quality, health, safety, and environmental and technical standards through the publication of guidance and information notes, codes of practice, and by other appropriate means to our staff and the Vietnamese community.
1.6. AIM Control provides inspection & survey services by National & International Inspector, Surveyor who meet the qualifications of the Inspector, Surveyors. The term Inspector, Surveyor refers to a National & International Commissioned Inspector, Surveyor as defined in this document.
1.7. Administrative Criteria of AIM Control demonstrates exclusive administrative and technical supervision of the surveyor, inspector's activities.
1.8. Independence, Impartiality and Integrity
General: The personnel of AIM Control shall be free from any financial and other pressures which might affect their judgment. Procedures shall be implemented to ensure that persons or organizations external to AIM Control; cannot influence the results of inspections carried out.
Independence: AIM Control shall be independent to the extent that is required with regard to the conditions under which it performs its services. It shall meet the criteria described: shall be independent of the parties involved; its staff responsible for carrying out the inspection, survey shall not be the designer, manufacturer or supplier of the items which they inspect, nor the authorized representative of any of these parties; shall not engage in any activities that may conflict with their independence of judgment and integrity in relation to their inspection, survey activities.
1.9. Organization and Management
AIM Control has the capability to perform its technical functions satisfactorily, as described in Paragraph 1.10.
AIM Control defines and document the responsibilities and reporting structure of the organization.
In some case of the inspection, survey, AIM Control shall employ one or more high-technology supervisor(s)/technical manager(s) and equipment(s)/device(s) however named, who have the overall responsibility for carrying out inspection activities in accordance with this document, and to monitor the performance of the inspector, surveyor. The supervisor/technical manager shall provide instructions to Inspectors, Surveyors specifying their respective duties and responsibilities, including the duty to perform inspections in accordance with department requirements.
1.10. Technical Management
Management controls to ensure development and implementation of a quality process.
Verify its technical capability with respect to inspection, examination, repair, alteration or other core competencies.
Provide for initial and ongoing training to maintain the competence of its personnel.
1.11. Evaluation for Membership Certificate of AIM Control
Membership required a survey at a location or locations where the applicant's inspection activities are controlled. The applicant shall specify the location(s) at which the quality program will be fully demonstrated. The applicant must provide the formal name of the agency and under what department it was formed. It is not necessary to survey each regional office or location covered by the same program provided documentation is made available to the survey team. The purpose of the survey is to evaluate the applicant's quality program including its implementation.
1.12. Issuance of Certificate and/or Report
The Certificate and/or Report will be promptly completed to the client upon request.
2. Members
2.1 Membership of AIM Control is available to companies and organizations active in the survey, inspection, consultant profession. The company's service organization is present in all major countries of all continents either with own Branch Offices or through Team Offices and is co-ordinated by the Head Offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam:
Toa Consultant Co., Ltd. in Marine Consultants & Ship Designs and of Panama Marine Survey & Certificate Services Inc, (PMSCS) – Malta Flag in Japan
Cesmec WSS S.A. Group in Chile
Overseas Associate Surveyors Brazil Ltd.
BASE SPA in Italy
Henderson International Iran Ltd
International Goods Inspection Company
Asian Divers & Equipment Sdn. Bhd.
VDL Marine Services (Pty) Ltd in Seychelles
Carsurin Co., Ltd, and PT. Andisha Sompa Co. in Indonesia
Global Surveyors & Inspectors Ltd. in Korea
Triumph Marine S.A. in Bulgaria
M/s J.C Gupta & Co., Pvt. Ltd. in India
Asian Divers & Equipment SDN BHD. in Malaysia
Hyopsung Surveyors & Adjusters Group in Korea
International Register of Shipping in USA
Eurogal Surveys Co., Ltd. (ESC) in Cambodia
MACOSNAR GROUP in Panama
BroadPulsee Group in North America
European Operations Group (“GMG”) in U.K
P & F S.r.l. (STCR) in Italy
BULCARGO Ltd.,7, VasilDrumev Str., BG-9002 Varna, Bulgaria
2.2 Our Clients are Ship Owners, Cargo, Shippers, Consignees, Chatterers, P&I, H&M & Cargo Underwriters, Banks, Lawyers, Shipyards, Enterprises, Group, Group, Shippers, Consignees, and some Government and Official bodies and the International Associations and any of its clients.
3. Personnel
3.1 Staff of the office is variously Members or Fellows of the Institute of Marine Engineers, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, The Nautical Institute and The Society of Consulting Marine Engineers & Ship Surveyors, in The Marine Technical Consultants’ Association, having the Professional Qualifications Marine, Diver, Construction & Architecture, Environment, Design, and Industrial & Electrical Engineers.
3.2 Key of our personnel, CEO. Nguyen Te Nhan, Master Ha Van Truong and Marine Pilot, Eng. Tran Duc Nhat, Capt. Nguyen An Thanh, Marine Chief Electrical Eng. Le Quang Dat, Electrical Industry Eng. Nguyen Hai Phong, Marine Dive Master Nguyen Hoang Hung, Master of Architecture Pham Ngoc Thao, Construction Eng. Nguyen Van Khoa, Construction Eng. Tran Duy An, Business Accountant Management Dang Viet Ha, Business Economical Management Nguyen Sy Huy, Master-Engineer Officer Nguyen Ngoc Phu, Chief Engineer Nguyen Dinh Hung.
4. Equipment
4.1 In Marine, Industry Fields, We carry equipment for shipping casualty investigations such as the normal still & motion picture photography including digital photography for transferring photographs of casualties to Clients direct over the Internet. Ultrasonic steel plate thickness gauging tools, refrigeration spear thermometers, grain temperature, moisture & humidity meters, Dynamometers, Pyrometers, Binoculars, The Ocean Imaging System Digital, GPS System, Corrosion Testing Equipment, In-Plan Quality Control Thin Film, Coating Thickness Meters, Electronic Spray Gun Testing, Temperature Dew point, Hydrometer, Amperemeters, Electrodynamometer, Mega-Ohm Meters and measurement Devices, are also carried. An ultra-sonic cargo hatch cover tightness instrument which permits testing of hatch covers with cargo on board and a digital fan-wheel anemometer for measuring air flows through cargo holds prior to loading perishable products are some more of our equipment, NTD. Furthermore a chromium steel tank contents’ sampling device suitable to obtain samples from any level is available for use.
4.2 In Diving & Offshore Field, survey and working : Chamber, Diver Gas Recovery System, Diver Gas Reclaim Helmet, Membrane Gas Separation System, Bell Gas Management Panel, High Flow Big Mask, Cuttings Rods, Cutting/Welding Torch, Battery Operated Sets, Ultra weld, Cox Submarine Gun, Underwater Video System, Pins, Hand lamps, wetsuits, hot water suits and accessories, Marker Lights, Diver Communication, Pressure Testing Gause, Decompression Chambers, Container Diving System, Built-in Compressor and Gas Storage, Bell Survival Suit, Underwater Digital Photography, Video Camera, Underwater Radio Communication.
4.4 Our Laboratory: Testing products & Material Lab Analysis.
Pursuant to the mottos:
Accurate
Unprejudiced
Prompt
We dedicate ourselves to continually improving the quality of our services by focusing on skills of the specialized staff and technique to and hope to obtain close cooperation with you all soon in the spirit of equality and bilateral benefit.
Thanks your help and your attention would be highly appreciated,
Thanks & Best regards,
Dr Capt Nguyen
Tel: +848-3832-7204; Fax: +848-3832-8393
Cell: +8490-3615-612
Skype: aimcontrol
E-mail: aimcontrol@vnn.vn; aimcontrol@hotmail.com
PSP is perforated steel plating which unfolds to lay in the jungle as a quick way to build a runway
www.flbtrain.com/Railroads/IVE-BEEN-WORKING-ON-THE/U-S-Army/
I was in the ROTC at the University of Houston and commissioned as a 2nd LT in the U. S. Army when I graduated. In March, 1966 I went on active duty stationed at the home of the Transportation Corps, Ft. Eustis, Virginia. How I got there and then my assignments going forward is an interesting story. I was originally assigned to be in the Corps of Engineers. After writing several letters explaining my interest and employment in the field of transportation, specifically railroading, the Army reassigned me to the Transportation Corps. Once at Ft. Eustis I was able to be assigned as a railroad detachment commander. My unit was the 525th Rail Detachment and we were attached to the last active railroad battalion in the Army - the 714th TBROS&DE (Transportation Battalion Operating Steam and Diesel Electric). I took the 525h to Viet Nam where our job was to coordinate rail transportation movements from the Port of Saigon to Long Binh, Bien Hoa Airbase, Dian (base camp of the 1st Infantry Division) and Xuan Loc (base camp of the 11th Armored Cavalry). All the consignees received construction materials and a variety of other commodities.
When my Viet Nam tour was completed I returned to Ft. Eustis as the Executive Officer of B Company (Maintenance) of the 714th until I was discharged from active duty.
The museum label for this exhibit reads:
"These rare artifacts are made of rubber. The rubber shoes and bullwhips are some of the only examples known to exist from this period. Their survival is due to the fact that the environment surrounding the sunken Arabia was anaerobic (oxygen free). To ensure their future preservation, this case is pressurized with nitrogen. Nitrogen is an inert gas and will prevent [the objects' destruction by oxidation.]"
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Manufactured by Ford & Co. (Goodyear's Patent.)
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Metallic Rubber Over Shoes.
The Agent was Breeden & Brother in New York City who wholesaled the shoes- and which St Louis store sold them to the Arabia's consignee is still an unsolved mystery.
steamboatarabiamuseum.blogspot.com/
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The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a unique Kansas City attraction: a time capsule of life on the American frontier in the mid-19th century. Visitors have a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience everyday objects that made life possible for pioneers in the 1800s.
Voted “Favorite Kansas City Hidden Gem” by Visit KC, the museum is one of Kansas City’s most popular attractions. It is the largest single collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in the world, featured by National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, PBS, Antiques Roadshow, Good Morning America, Southern Living, CNN, the History Channel and many other news and entertainment organizations.
The Steamboat Arabia was one of many casualties of the perilous Missouri River—the longest river in the United States that claimed nearly 400 other steamboats over its 2,500-mile course.
In September 1856, the Arabia was carrying over 200 tons of cargo intended for general stores and homes in 16 midwestern frontier towns.
The steamer was still fully loaded when it hit a tree snag and sank just 6 miles west of Kansas City. Due to erosion, the Missouri River changed course over time, and the Arabia was buried underground for over a century – along with all of its precious cargo.
Lying 45 feet deep beneath a Kansas cornfield, the Arabia’s payload was protected from light and oxygen and, thus, was remarkably well preserved.
In the winter of 1988, five men and their families banded together to begin the adventure of a lifetime … recovering the Steamboat Arabia's long-lost treasure. What they found will astound you.
In 1991, the Arabia’s cargo was transformed into the Arabia Steamboat Museum, a top Kansas City attraction and favorite local destination in the historic City Market. From fine china and carpentry tools to children’s toys and the world’s oldest pickles—the Arabia’s artifacts captivate visitors of all ages. The museum accommodates all types of visitors, including walk-ins, families, RV groups and more. It has become a favorite destination for Kansas City field trips year after year.
The collection is a work in progress as preservationists continue to clean 60 more tons of artifacts in a preservation lab that’s available for visitors to watch. Come and see what they are working on today. More artifacts and interactive displays are added on an ongoing basis. Whether it’s your first visit to this favorite Kansas City attraction or you come in every year, the treasures of the Steamboat Arabia will connect you to American history in a new and exciting way.
One of a large series of press adverts issued jointly by the associated British railways in the 1930s, aimed at keeping up their declining market share of the freight transport market.
"Cash on delivery" was a scheme where the railway who delivered a parcel or goods to an addressee also, for a small fee, collected the money and then remitted this back to the consignee - in the days when not everyone had access to a bank account and 'modern' systems of electronic payment this was a useful facility and the joint railways promoted the service enthusiastically. The image shows the 'C.O.D.' label used.
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I was in the ROTC at the University of Houston and commissioned as a 2nd LT in the U. S. Army when I graduated. In March, 1966 I went on active duty stationed at the home of the Transportation Corps, Ft. Eustis, Virginia. How I got there and then my assignments going forward is an interesting story. I was originally assigned to be in the Corps of Engineers. After writing several letters explaining my interest and employment in the field of transportation, specifically railroading, the Army reassigned me to the Transportation Corps. Once at Ft. Eustis I was able to be assigned as a railroad detachment commander. My unit was the 525th Rail Detachment and we were attached to the last active railroad battalion in the Army - the 714th TBROS&DE (Transportation Battalion Operating Steam and Diesel Electric). I took the 525h to Viet Nam where our job was to coordinate rail transportation movements from the Port of Saigon to Long Binh, Bien Hoa Airbase, Dian (base camp of the 1st Infantry Division) and Xuan Loc (base camp of the 11th Armored Cavalry). All the consignees received construction materials and a variety of other commodities.
When my Viet Nam tour was completed I returned to Ft. Eustis as the Executive Officer of B Company (Maintenance) of the 714th until I was discharged from active duty.