Archive for March 30th, 2010


Canadian government to fund VIA Rail car upgrades
Progressive Rail Roading
Built in the 1950s, the stainless-steel cars will feature new interiors; improved accessibility; LED interior lighting; new controls, electrical wiring and ...
Moncton firm signs $12.6M VIA Rail dealTelegraph-Journal
NB firm wins $12.6-million contract to update self-propelled diesel railcarsThe Canadian Press
Government of Canada and VIA Rail invest in rail service, jobs in MonctonCanada NewsWire (press release)

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JoBlo.com

Game On, Bitches: PAX East, Day Two
JoBlo.com
It's a mob game in the 1950s full of classic cars, crazy gangsters, and expansive storytelling. If you're interested in trying out a GTA-style game in the ...

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The Hindu

Of gentry and broad acres
The Hindu
No blaring loudspeakers or rude honking in the 1950s and 1960s. A legacy of British decorum? Shop keepers were polite, so were their customers. ...

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Buffalo News

Railway group reserves land for museum
Buffalo News
Or the 1950s-era New York Central cars, which carried passengers when the railroads were at their peak. There's an old-fashioned dining car, and the car ...

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Car Domain (blog)

The CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: The 1975 – 79 Chevrolet Monza V-8
Car Domain (blog)
Welcome to another edition of the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, where we discover cars that were never really thought of as ...

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Moncton firm signs $12.6M VIA Rail deal
Telegraph-Journal
... with VIA Rail president Marc Laliberté and ACOA Minister Keith Ashfield Monday to announce the deal to rebuild six of the venerable 1950s-era Budd cars. ...
NB firm wins $12.6-million contract to update self-propelled diesel railcarsThe Canadian Press
Government of Canada and VIA Rail invest in rail service, jobs in MonctonCanada NewsWire (press release)

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Grease is the word for these classic car buffs
Edmonton Journal
Krista Tjorhom doesn't remember when cars weren't part of her life. Her father, Carl, owned one of BC's best known hotrods in the 1950s and is an inductee ...

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Grease is the word for these classic car buffs
Edmonton Journal
Krista Tjorhom doesn't remember when cars weren't part of her life. Her father, Carl, owned one of BC's best known hotrods in the 1950s and is an inductee ...

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The Original Ray Kroc
Daily Beast (blog)
If you thought Ray Kroc invented fast food in the 1950s, you're off by about 80 years. It turns out that Kroc was just one of many American service-industry ...

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Hammond militia suspect claims he doesn't understand why he was charged
nwitimes.com
City directories indicate the home has been in the Piatek family since the 1950s. Piatek has worked as a truck driver for Meyer Industrial Container in ...

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