# freight (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover freight. Page: Feed: --- ## [EL Monday: Pulling out of Kent](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/el-monday-pulling-out-of-kent/) _2026-08-17 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ Mike Ondecker and I saw this eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight leaving their yard in Kent in the late 1960s. Photograph by Robert Farkas ## [RRE Picnic is This Saturday in Macedonia](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/rre-picnic-is-this-saturday-in-macedonia/) _2026-08-17 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ The Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts will not meet in August. Instead the group will conduct a picnic in Macedonia at Veteran’s Memorial Park. The picnic will be held between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday (Aug. 22). In recent years the RRE picnic has been held in Hudson, but the RRE \[…\] ## [The View Outside the Fence](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/the-view-outside-the-fence/) _2026-08-16 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ This photo was taken outside the property and is of the Cotter Merchandise Storage leased locomotive No. 1231 in Akron. Photograph by Robert Farkas ## [30 x 13 on RRE Bellevue Day](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/30-x-13-on-rre-bellevue-day/) _2026-08-16 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ No that is not the loads versus empties for the Wheeling train coming into Bellevue Yard. That is the number of trains we observed in the total number of hours members of the Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts were in Bellevue last June This year s weather was considerably better than last year. We \[ \] ## [Steam Saturday: Iconic View of the 614](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/steam-saturday-iconic-view-of-the-614/) _2026-08-15 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ Mark Perri caught this historic view of Chessie System No. 614 in Confluence, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 27, 1980. Collection of Robert Farkas ## [Amtrak Wins Federal Grants](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/amtrak-wins-federal-grants/) _2026-08-15 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Amtrak more than $2 billion to be used to buy additional corridor trainsets. The grant is part of more than $5.3 billion in federal funding for rail-related projects approved by USDOT. The $2.05 billion for equipment will fund 43 new trainsets for Amtrak, to be used on short \[ \] ## [Indiana Port Gets REDI Designation](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/indiana-port-gets-redi-designation/) _2026-08-15 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ Ports of Indiana and the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership announced the 544-acre Mount Vernon megasite at the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon has earned a silver designation through the Readiness Evaluation for Development and Investment, or REDI, Sites program. The site was evaluated through the program according to utilities, ownership and entitlements, environmental factors, ease of… ## [Freight Transportation Index Fell in June](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/freight-transportation-index-fell-in-june/) _2026-08-15 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics said that its Freight Transportation Services Index fell 0.3 percent in June from May s level to 134.9, decreasing for the third consecutive month. On a year-over-year basis, the index fell 1.7 percent. The freight TSI measures the amount of cargo carried by for-hire freight transportation providers. The Freight TSI \[ \] ## [It Had to Go Outside the Plant](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/it-had-to-go-outside-the-plant/) _2026-08-14 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ Morgan Crane s center cab GE 44 ton switcher had to leave the plant sometimes in order to get enough headroom to switch certain areas. Here the switcher is crossing East Summit Street in Alliance on March 27, 1979. Photograph by Robert Farkas ## [PM 1225 Won’t Appear in Virginia This Fall](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/pm-1225-wont-appear-in-virginia-this-fall/) _2026-08-14 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ The planned appearance of Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 in Virginia this fall has been cancelled. The Steam Railroading Institute of Owosso, Michigan, which owns the locomotive, said it would not be able to move the locomotive to Virginia for a series of fall foliage excursions on the Buckingham Branch Railroad. SRI did not explain \[ \] ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LH58UHGWHKQ8) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [R&N RDC Three for Thursday](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/rn-rdc-three-for-thursday/) _2026-08-13 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ Here are three images of Reading Northern Rail Diesel Cars from a charter run last April 18. This was mostly a mileage collector trip with only six photo locations in 34 miles of mostly industrial and branch lines, and only three were moving run-bys. Among the locations were Delano Junction, where the Maria Branch \[ \] ## [Museum Preserve Triple Crown RoadRailer](https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/museum-preserve-triple-crown-roadrailer/) _2026-08-13 · csanders429 · (untitled)_ A Michigan railroad museum has added a former Triple Crown RoadRailer to its collection. The RoadRailer has been preserved and placed on display by the Southern Michigan Railroad Society of Clinton. The display includes the trailer, bogie, and CouplerMate. The group hopes to eventually put a display inside the trailer with artifacts and information about \[ \] ## [A Visit to Denver's Casa Bonita](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/08/casa-bonita/) _2026-08-10 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ Sometime in 2021, my wife (who grew up in Denver) squealed while reading news on her phone and said to me, "Oh my God, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are buying Casa Bonita ," to which I replied, "What's Casa Bonita?" Well... Casa Bonita has to be one of the craziest, most bonkers dining experiences available anywhere in this world. A fine Denver institution \[1\] that my wife remembered from birthday… ## [Remembering Carleen Hemric](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/07/remembering-carleen-hemric/) _2026-07-23 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ Carleen and Matthew, August 2024. I received word earlier today that one of the biggest hearts to ever beat on this earth has stopped. Let me tell you about my dear friend and mentor, Carleen Hemric. I met Carleen in 1988, when I, an eight-grader, was assigned to her English class at Pershing Junior High in San Diego. She was unlike any teacher I'd had before. She was older than most of them, for… ## [Omar Sosa @ the Freight](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/07/omar-sosa-freight/) _2026-07-20 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ I am here to testify that Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa (far left in the photograph above) and his Quarteto Americanos blew the proverbial roof off the dump at the Freight in Berkeley last night. Omar has Bay Area connections , and he and his band seemed ecstatic to be here. Their performance was freakin' exuberant. They radiated pure joy. It was splendid to experience. ## [Introducing Taimā](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/07/introducing-taima/) _2026-07-17 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ For all the usual reasons, I have of late resurrected my daily meditation practice. This requires a meditation timer. The Android app I've used for this purpose for years recently betrayed me, so I crafted my own replacement. I'm calling it Taimā . Here is its story. For years I used an open source Android meditation timer that is no longer available -- the author didn't keep it up-to-date with… ## [Introducing Balboa Chimes](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/07/introducing-balboa-chimes/) _2026-07-11 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ My maternal grandmother is still alive and kicking at 98. For decades, she has had, in her home, a clock that chimes the Westminster Chimes . Alas, those chimes are electronic and sound a bit like a Commodore 64. Every time I visit her, I cringe when her chimes play, but I am always reminded that I like the idea of hearing chimes every quarter hour. In fact, it was 17 years ago -- when my phone… ## [Supreme Court Watch: 2026 End-of-Term Roundup](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/07/supreme-court-watch-2026/) _2026-07-01 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ I did a lot of Supreme Court Watching here in 2024 , and then skipped it entirely in 2025 because I found the topic too depressing. It was no less depressing this year, but I took a different approach, hoarding browser tabs for this roundup of the term's best Supreme Court reporting and analysis . If you want to understand why it is not hyperbole at all to brand this Court both rogue and racist,… ## [Bob Dylan @ the Greek Theater](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/06/bob-dylan-greek-theater/) _2026-06-15 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ A no-cameras policy was in fact being strictly enforced, so this is my one surreptitious shot of Dylan performing. In my teens, I fell in love with the music of the 1960s -- the decade prior to the one I was born in. Despite this, I've never been much of a Bob Dylan fan. I have immense respect for his body of work, but I've never felt particularly moved by any of it. Meanwhile, friends who are… ## [Alabama Shakes @ the Greek Theater](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/06/alabama-shakes-greek-theater/) _2026-06-01 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ I always figured that seeing Alabama Shakes live would verify my suspicion that band leader Brittany Howard is an absolute fucking force of nature. Saturday night I had that suspicion confirmed first-hand. This was a banger of a show! I was praying they would perform " Joe ," the most soulful song about unrequited love I've ever heard, which, according to setlist.fm, they haven't been playing much… ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BQvTudUhnIxZ) _2026-06-01 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Echo & the Bunnymen @ the Masonic](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/05/echo-the-bunnymen-the-masonic/) _2026-05-16 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ Echo & the Bunnymen rocked the Masonic Auditorium in SF last night. It was a splendid show, with especially memorable performances of "The Killing Moon" and "Ocean Rain." Lead singer Ian McCulloch was clad in a black trenchcoat and sunglasses, and spoke to the audience a fair amount between tunes, but between his incredibly thick Liverpool accent and a boomy mic, most of what he said was so… ## [The Empire Strikes Back @ the Castro Theatre](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/05/esb-castro-theatre/) _2026-05-05 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ Anthony Daniels recounted at some length how he wasn t particularly interested in portraying a robot until he saw this concept painting by Ralph McQuarrie. I don't usually document trips to the movies here, but this was a special treat. This year's San Francisco International Film Festival (the oldest such festival in the world, we were told) closed out on May the Fourth with a screening of The… ## [Mild Universe @ the Swedish American Hall](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/03/mild-universe-swedish/) _2026-03-29 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ When we saw TV on the Radio at the Fox last fall , SF-based Mild Universe opened. I wrote at the time, "Made me wish we were in a smaller room, full of people who came to dance ." Last night I got my wish. Mild Universe bills themselves as an "indie-dance collective that fuses 90s house influence with disco, soul, and post-punk." They make unabashed feel-good, foot-stomping music that is unlike… ## [Backstage @ the Grand Lake Theater](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/03/backstage-grand-lake-theater/) _2026-03-09 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ Oakland's beloved and venerable Grand Lake Theater celebrated its 100 year anniversary earlier this week. Owner/hero Allen Michaan opened the place up for free architectural tours this weekend. The highlight for me was seeing what is behind the big screen in the main auditorium. The theater was originally built for vaudeville, and much of the original stage equipment still exists, as does a warren… ## [When Doves Cry @ the Orinda Theater](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/03/when-doves-cry-orinda-theater/) _2026-03-08 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ The Orinda Theater is having cover bands show up and rock the house this season; we saw When Doves Cry do Prince proud on Friday night. The vibes were really great, and there was a lot of dancing in the aisles. ## [Noel Paul Stookey @ the Freight](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/02/noel-paul-stookey-freight/) _2026-02-08 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ Friday night we saw Noel Paul Stookey perform at the Freight in Berkeley. He was the "Paul" of Peter, Paul, and Mary. The man is eighty-eight years old. When I was a boy, my parents had more Peter, Paul, and Mary in their vinyl collection than any other act. Not all of PP&M worked for me, but what did work really sunk into my soul, including some tracks on their for-kids album Peter, Paul, and… ## [The Democratic Spam Industrial Complex](https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/2026/02/democratic-spam/) _2026-02-02 · /\\/\\/\\/ · mahnamahna.net/blog_ I am, of late, besieged by political spam text messages (mostly fundraising pleas) from Democrats running for office at all levels, all across the country. I received 50 such spams in January. This is more than a minor annoyance. As many as six times a day, my phone buzzes in my pocket not because someone I know wants to tell me something, but because a Democrat -- usually someone I have never…