Give me a chance to get down there DaveK and I'll let you know what I find.
I'm still tending to Mrs. noelekal after her back surgery.
"The first electric interurban in the country opened in 1892 between Portland and Oregon City. A vast network of interurbans rapidly grew until it became the fifth largest in the industry in the country."
Thanks. I live near the end of one of those lines. The line ran down an alley and then went back downhill. We sometimes comment on how much fun it'd be to have a trolley instead of the buses.
Grabbed a hunk of track that was cut out of the road during construction of a new sewer line for a new building. Now it's a yard ornament. Used to own a trolley lantern but donated it to a local museum.
We have old iron rings where people used to tie up their horses. People chain up toy horses but now we get other random stuff too.
How is she doing?
Thank you for asking.
Mrs noelekal is doing quite well overall. She diligent about doing some small exercises given her. She's already weened herself off the pain meds (I feel it is premature), and is ordering me about just for fun and frolic.
We did a first follow up with the neurosurgeon yesterday. She suffers a measure of paralysis over this, more of a nuisance rather than severe. Doctor says it may subside when she finishes some prescribed steroids. May subside when she begins prescribed physical therapy. Or, the paralysis may be permanent.
She's planning to whip this though!
Greasing the rails created traction problems for Vancouver trams ascending hills. Trams in Calgary were replaced by trolley buses and diesel buses in the late 1940s. One famous stretch of track in Calgary was the 17th Avenue hill which ran east and west. At the bottom of the 17th avenue hill was located Crooks Drug Store. Trolleys used to lose control when east bound, down that hill. On numerous occasions, one would jump the rails and pile into the drug store.
New Columbus Watch Co (via ColumbiaWC)
18s RR grade “Columbus King” advertised as their “Higher Grade” & adjusted to 5 positions, Temperature.
circa 1901-2
New Columbus WC was sold to South Bend WC in 1903
Nifty Fleur-de-Lis hands
