Back in 2002, a Union Pacific coal train near Sharon Springs, Kansas, stopped when a journal bearing went bad causing the car near the middle of the train to derail.
The crew stopped the train and walked
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Posted 14 March 2010
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Cruise West will now get up close and personal with it’s newest ventures to rugged and mysterious Patagonia in 2011, utilizing the mv Via Australis, with four departures guaranteed to appease the
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Cunard Line once again established a first for itself in the cruise history of the most famous cruise line in the world. Cunard recently announced that the Queen Mary 2, will be based in Australia in
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I am about leave the dust of my homeland behind me….but wait…there’s more! More sayings of wisdom as I lope down towards the plane door…I am surrounded by marketing wisdom
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Posted 10 March 2010
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The glories of an English Pub! This shot looks Dickensian in its darkness and shadow. You can almost feel Jack the Ripper stalking about the place….Pubs have changed a lot in the last few years
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Posted 10 March 2010
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Here is a sign of the times…a poster for “Fair Trade”…as I understand “Fair Trade” it is a “for profit” organization set up to make sure the lowest
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Posted 10 March 2010
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Aahhhh the streets of London. Most of us walk around either looking down or straight ahead. For those who like buildings, UP is where it’s AT! I caught this fabulous mix of London homes as I
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Posted 10 March 2010
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As you will know if you read this blog regularly my New Year’s resolution this year was to spend 30 minutes a day teaching myself Czech (when I am in England). Well I thought I’d better give you an update,
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Posted 10 March 2010
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For most of last year, I was working on the new edition of a book I wrote in the late 90s about train travel in North America. As you can imagine, there was a helluva lot of updating to do. In the course
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Posted 08 March 2010
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Cool!
“Bite Me”
Matava Resort
Kadavu
Fiji Islands
www.matava.com
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Posted 08 March 2010
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