Category: Transportation
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Location, Location – by Art Fettig
Art Fettig – “You had to be there.” How many times have you heard that expression as an excuse for somebody’s strange behavior.
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Gas Prices Rise Breaking Another Trump Promise
Tariffs on US imports from Canada and Mexico were announced Saturday by the Trump administration and are set to take effect on goods arriving here Tuesday, as President Donald Trump followed through on a campaign promise by taking action against America’s two biggest trading partners.
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Whether You Think You Can or You Can’t, You’re Right – by Dr. Ross Reck
The above is a quote from Henry Ford. It illustrates how much our attitude determines our success or failure. For example, On 25 May 1961, President John F. Kennedy, made an appeal to a joint session of Congress. He said, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is…
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History Lesson – by Art Fettig
The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way the first railways were built in England, and the first US railroads were built by English expatriates.