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Westminster, Hampstead, Manchester, Taneytown, Union Bridge, Mount Airy and Sykesville in Carroll Co, Maryland... and Frederick Co.
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The train passes through Westminster on Jan. 12, 2018
After the American Civil War, expansion of the industrial,
commercial and employment base in Westminster was partially fueled by the arrival
of the railroad in 1861. One of the first meetings to bring the railroad to
town occurred at the Court House on April 7, 1847. It would take another 14
years of studies, resolutions, commissions, and committees to get the railroad
to town.
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artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists
and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem
Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,
artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists
and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem
Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
Train Wreck At Sykesville - Three Men Injured When A B.
& O. Freight Engine Was Derailed; 26 Cars Piled Up—Three trainmen were
seriously scalded by steam Saturday afternoon when a freight train was derailed
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad At Sykesville and a section of the rail
pierced the locomotive boiler.
Twenty-six cars of the 73-car train were derailed. Eight
cars were overturned and witnesses said that they were "a mass of twisted
wreckage.”
Officials of the B. & O. said, that the old main line
now used only for freight traffic, will probably be closed by the wreckage
until late in the afternoon. According to State police, the three injured men
were riding in the cab of the locomotive at the time of the accident.
Democratic Advocate, January 28, 1949. [19490128 Train Wreck
at Sykesville DemoAdvo]
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I’m a newspaper reporter. I’m pushy, inconsiderate and I do not respect boundaries.
Residents, police, paramedics remember what happened on Jan. 4, 1987 when 16 people died following what was at the time the deadliest Amtrak crash in U.S. history.
Man rescued from Western Maryland Railroad
accident
American Sentinel,October 9, 1897.
A man who gave the name of John Adams attempted
to steal a ride on the Western Maryland Railroad, from this city, on Saturday
last, and would have lost his life if he had not been discovered and rescued by
an employee of the road.
He endeavored to board a freight train, but
missed his footing, and would have fallen under the wheels if he had not been
caught and supported until the train was stopped.
Justice J. Hoffman Fuss held him for a hearing
until Monday and then committed him to the county jail, for thirty days, for
violating the law in relation to stealing rides on railroads.
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20090403 YT The view from underneath the Westminster Train
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Before I get to Mr. Burns’ comment, I want to say again, how much I appreciated his post that brought back so many memories of a time and place from a long time ago.Thanks.
As far as Dwight Dingle and WTTR – these folks are simply super.Dwight and I had a great deal of fun with my Westminster Eagle column on aspects of 1967 last Wednesday, June 6th, 2007: Dwight Dingle, 'Sgt. Pepper' and a bathtub band .(I may need to republish it on “Soundtrack” as I have received questions from many folks as to where they may find it.
Of course, it was the topic of on-air discussion the day it came out, June 6th, 2007 and then the next evening, I talked about the column and other erratum on-air with Bruce Main…
Believe me when I tell you this, it was more of a play on words than anything.
Little known fact, around the time when I was in the 2nd grade back in 198x, Nickelodeon and Nick and Nite picked up The Monkees television show. Then some years later, I come to find out that there is a Clarksville in HowardCounty.
As far as the Betamax reference, that was more irony than anything. If you are a regular YouTube user, feel free to look up user "videoholic2007," who was boasting about his Betamax collection.
BTW, Dwight Dingle and the folks at WTTR are a nice group. check out the pictures on my main site, www.kennyburns.com from my visit up there last year.
Thanks for the feedback.And oh, I saw The Monkees TV show when it was prime time TV…And Mr. Burns, the next time you are in town, please let me know.Lunch is on me.
As much as I appreciated P. Kenneth Burns calling to our attention the need of Baltimore mayor Dixon to go outside of the city for support for her re-election campaign, I was particularly intrigued with the reference to the “Last Train to Clarksville.”
And only Mr. Burns knows if he was referring to mayor Dixon’s trip to Howard County in the manner in which the 1966 Monkees’ meant it… Or if he was referring to mayor Dixon and “Betamax” metaphorically or if it is a coincidence…
But what a trip down memory lane that reference causes an aging Baby Boomer such as me.Although, I gotta tell ya, “The Monkees” were a little lame for my taste to put it mildly; it nevertheless brings back a time and place from many years ago.
“It was 40 years ago last Saturday, June 2, 1967, when the Beatles released their eighth album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Although musical taste can be fiercely debated, many music critics and publications consider this album to be one of the most influential of all time. Rolling Sto...”
“The Last Train to Clarksville,” from 1966, may be considered to be a pop song and to be sure, it certainly has a bubblegum feel and sound to it.Nevertheless the song was about a serious dynamic in the lives of young men eligible for military duty.
The song, with its “pop flavor” and seemingly light-hearted approach is forever engrained in my head as a great example of cognitive dissonance…
The song is about a man who is trying to arrange one last date with his sweetheart because he has been drafted and he is about to be deployed to Vietnam.Listen for :
'Cause I'm leavin' in the morning
And I must see you again
We'll have one more night together
'Til the morning brings my train.
And I must go, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.
And the reference to “Betamax players[2] in home” was equally a hoot.Yes, I actually still have content on old “beta” tapes.”And I thought some of the data migration from my old columns and short stories in DOS-based “Word Perfect” was hard…
Meanwhile if you are not reading Mr. Burn’s excellent work at Maryland Politics Today,” there is no better time than now….Err, after ya watch, “The Last Train to Clarksville” by the Monkees:
Oh what the heck…Let’s hear more.This is a song that I did like:
The first half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format, introduced by Sony in 1975 and commonly known as "Beta." The first Betamax cassettes held only one hour of video, but the capacity was subsequently increased to hold an entire movie. Sony later introduced Beta Hi-fi, which improved audio quality, and SuperBeta, which offered a better image.
Beta Vs. VHS
One year after Beta was introduced, the VHS format came out with a slightly larger cassette that held a full movie from the start. VHS began to overtake Beta almost immediately, but for several years, both formats were widely used, and pre-packaged movies were offered in both Beta andVHS. By the late 1980s, Beta had been almost entirely eclipsed by VHS, although Betamax machines were still manufactured by Sony until 2002.
Betamaxed!
The Betamax technology was considered to have superior image quality over VHS, but was hardly noticeable on ordinary home equipment, especially if the recording was done off the air and not from a high-quality master tape. To this day however, "Betamaxed" refers to a superior technology that is overtaken by an inferior one. See VHS, helical scan, Beta/VHS debacle and Betacam.