Category: Blog

Girl on the Bridge (video)

Saturday, September 28, 2019 (Around 9:37 AM) I saw something strange as I was driving southbound on State Route 51. I was traveling in the middle lane when I noticed something on the familiar pedestrian bridge that spans the freeway between Union Hills and Bell Road. On the bridge, just above my lane, I saw […]

Phoenix Light Rail Extension Back on Track!

    Groundbreaking for the Valley Metro light rail extension into South Phoenix is back on track after voters rejected a referendum that was set to kill any future rail expansion. Service began for Phoenix Valley Metro back in December 2008, and the system now stretches more than 26 miles. The agency states that there […]

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 Locomotive Prepares for ‘Great Race Across the Midwest’

The 150th anniversary celebration of the transcontinental railroad’s completion isn’t over yet. Union Pacific is just gathering steam following its May 9 ceremony in Ogden, Utah, commemorating the anniversary. The newly restored Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest steam locomotive, is returning to the rails for its own “Great Race across the Midwest.” No. […]

Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers to Auction off Equipment of World-Class Rail-Car Manufacturer

Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers, Inc. has been appointed by Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC to sell the industrial machinery and equipment from their Rochelle, Illinois site. Nippon Sharyo, a global rail-car manufacturer, stopped using the facility for manufacturing in July 2018. A majority of Nippon Sharyo’s State-of-the-Art Equipment is new in 2010 to 2016. (3) 4,500-Watt Mitsubishi […]

I Do Remember the Corvair

I do remember my family having this vehicle when I was a kid, I know that it was bought just before I was born. I was in kindergarten and I remember my mom driving us to school in it. It was replaced thereafter by a new Datsun 510 and a 1962 Plymouth Valiant my dad […]