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BUS44A (K744DAO) Volvo B10M-55 / Alexander PS.
New to Cumberland Motor Services in 1993.
ex Stagecoach 20744
Moës single cylinder diesel loco (unknown number) at the Springfield Agricultural Railway.
25/06/2022
When I lived in Springfield, Illinois, between 1974 and 1976 I enjoyed a local culinary favorite known as a horseshoe sandwich. Legend has it the horseshoe originated at the former Leland Hotel. It soon spread to many other Springfield restaurants and even a few in Illinois.
A horseshoe is two pieces of bread, meat, cheese sauce and french fries. A smaller version with one slice of bread is called a pony shoe. Typically, the meat was hamburger, chicken, ham or shrimp, but other choices have since been added, including plant-based selections.
My favorite place to get a horseshoe was Norb Andy's Taborin, located on East Capitol Avenue, which itself was a Springfield icon having been established in 1937.
I had not been to Springfield for more than a decade so when we made plans to visit a friend there recently I said I wanted to eat a horseshoe sandwich. I checked online and determined that Norb Andy's was closed. We wound up having lunch and a horseshoe at Obed & Isaac's Microbrewery and Eatery at the corner of Sixth and Jackson.
I had a pony shoe with an Angus burger. It was as good as it looked and the beer was great, too.
Built in 1897-1898, this Richardsonian Romanesque Revival-style building was designed by Francis T. Baron to serve as a Union Station for Springfield, Illinois. The station was a joint effort between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O Railroad), Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis Railroad (CP&StL), and Illinois Central Railroad, and later served the short-lived St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway. The station’s original 110 foot (34 meter) tall three-story tower was removed in 1946, ten years after the clock faces had been deactivated as a cost-saving measure during the Great Depression. It served as a passenger train station until 1971, when service was discontinued, in favor of Amtrak utilizing the through-running station along the Chicago and Alton Railroad lines, later known as the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad (GMO), just a few blocks to the west of the station. The building features a multi-colored brick exterior with dark red and light red bricks present alongside buff brick, stone trim, arched bays, a hipped roof, hipped dormers, a large canopy on the Madison Street facade with brick piers and large brackets, which was the former passenger platform alongside the railroad tracks, and a reconstructed tower with four turrets, a pyramidal hipped roof, and four clock faces. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. After passenger train service was discontinued, the building served as offices for the State of Illinois until 2004. Between 2004 and 2007, the building was restored to its original exterior appearance, with the reconstruction of the clock tower and restoration of historic exterior elements. Today, the building serves as the visitor center for the nearby Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
The Springfield Bridge is the oldest vehicular bridge in the state of Arkansas. It was built way back in 1874, actually a bit before the first car was introduced. Construction on the bridge was completed on July 21, 1874. The cost was a total sum of $12,857. The bridge was replaced by a modern span in 1991, which lies about 400 feet upstream from the old bridge.
The bridge sits along the border between Faulkner and Conway Counties. When you visit it now, it seems like it sits in the middle of nowhere. The area around the bridge is surrounded by farmland and fields. There are a few homes out there, but also several abandoned homes and barns. The bridge sits in a lonely stretch of woods, and it does feel a bit forlorn to visit there. Trash and litter sit along the main road near the old bridge, which isn't a fitting welcome to what is a historic spot in the state.
On this visit, I met Zack in Conway and we made the short drive up to the bridge. It is pretty easy to get there, we traveled north out of Conway, through the amusingly named towns of Wooster and Bono. We parked along the main road, near the new bridge, and got out of Zack's jeep. We were immediately welcomed by several loud bangs, apparently someone was shooting guns nearby.
It turns out the shooters were standing on the old bridge. In hindsight, it probably wasn't the wisest move for the two of us to walk up to the bridge while people were shooting guns from there. To be on the safe side, I let Zack walk in front so he could take any wayward bullets that might fly in our direction...
The two guys had holstered their guns when we approached. They were older, and they said that they lived nearby. We had a polite conversation with them about the history of the bridge. Eventually, we decided to leave and come back later. As we left, there were more loud bangs as they decided to start shooting again.
We ended up exploring more of the area, following the road to the town of Springfield. We spent some time looking around an old abandoned home, and eventually returned back to the bridge. It was empty, thankfully. We set out to do some shooting of our own, which involved an Olympus and a Canon. This was much more quieter than the hand canons that the two previous users were using...
An open-air streetcar slows to a stop at the Springfield Avenue station during Showcase night operations, running one of its final trips for the night.
Kmart # 3767
1476 Upper Valley Pike in Springfield, Ohio
Opened as Gold Circle in 1973
Closed as Gold Circle in 1988
Became Kmart in 1989
99,489 square feet
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President of the United States. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, and the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
Built in 1974, this Modern International-style building was designed by Architectural and Mechanical Systems Corporation to serve as a modern hotel for downtown Springfield, originally being known as the Forum 30 Plaza Hotel, later being known as the Hilton Towers Hotel in the 1980s, the Springfield Hilton Hotel starting in the 1990s, and in 2015, the Wyndham Springfield City Centre. It is the tallest building in Springfield, standing 352 feet (107 meters) and 30 floors tall, but sits on much lower ground than the Illinois State Capitol, allowing the dome of the Capitol to remain dominant on the city’s skyline. The building has a dodecagon-shaped tower with travertine at the corners and crown, flanking the glass curtain walls, a crown that tapers outwards towards the 30th floor and inwards towards the roof, and a two-story C-shaped podium surrounding a central automobile entrance court. The building today remains in use as a hotel, and is a dominant feature of the skyline of Springfield.
I bought these in a small market back in 2001. These remind me of the Funny Face mix cans. The store also had newer plastic containers without the fun graphics.
Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito join Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno and other state and local officials to celebrate the redevelopment of Springfield’s Civic Center Garage on Aug. 20, 2022. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
Lake Springfield, Springfield Missouri
This was taken not to long ago on an earning morning walk around Lake Springfield. I was searching for early signs of Spring and I did find a few, but oh what a difference a few weeks can make and as the song say " Spring is busting out all over." at least here in the Ozarks.
This looks better when viewed large on black
Catalog #: 15_001998
Title: Springfield-Hall Bulldog
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: No 6, PW R-985, 6th Thompson, Robert Hall
Collection: Charles M. Daniels Collection Photo
Album Name: 32, 37, 38, 39 Races
Page #: 25
Tags: National Air Races, Robert Hall, Springfield-Hall,
PUBLIC COMMONS.SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
I was lucky enough to be invited to a private railway in the Midlands. It was also a great opportunity to catch up with Lawrie so we met at the railway. The owner foolishly said, what would you like to see... We compromised on everything but kick us out when we become a pain.
Ruston 20DL 213834/42
What a fabulous atmosphere - the locos are well-cared for but still have that industrial feel and they have a real job to do - horsefeed and supplies in: by-products out. As you can see there are a variety of realistic trains available to use and not a passenger carriage or steam loco to be seen. It took me right back to my visits to German Peatworks, especially with the Diema in the weeds.
Do birds get tired of flying?
(I don’t mean end of the day tired
Like we all get,
Tired from ceaseless wing flapping.)
But do they lose interest in flying
Or at least grow weary at the thought
Of one more trip
(Maybe one last trip)
I've seen many exotic creatures
Fly away
Or run away
At the slightest provocation
Run away too many times
You develop a habit of running
You run in place
Always waiting for the light to change
Just now
High above the interstate
I saw two gray geese
Flying upstream against the traffic
Where are they going?
It doesn’t matter.
Life’s too short
To spend it wondering what a bird thinks.
Broomhall : Springfield School
Springfield Primary School, Broomspring Lane, Broomhall, Sheffield, 1875.
By Innocent & Brown.
Enlarged 1892 & 1897 by CJ Innocent.
Built as Springfield Board School for the Sheffield School Board.
Grade ll listed.
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Springfield Junior and Infant Schools, Cavendish Street, Sheffield
Grade II Listed
List Entry Number: 1247048
Listing NGR: SK3462586938
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247048
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-456196-springfield-ju...
Looks to be an old school of some kind on Dibert Ave in Springfield, Ohio. Listed on oldohioschools.com as Fulton School #1.
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Existing ruins in the former town of Springfield, CA. Springfield received its name from the abundant springs gushing from limestone boulders. Town, with its stores, shops, and a hotel built around a plaza. It once boasted 2,000 inhabitants. Believed to have been founded by Donna Josefa Valmesada, a Mexican woman of means with a reputation for aiding Americans in the war with Mexico. During its heyday, many miners' carts could be seen on the road, hauling gold-bearing dirt to Springfield springs for washing.