Folio Invests in Rail

[Ocklawaha]

Very interesting... The Folio writer spent the WHOLE AFTERNOON with me, stomping through railroad yards, up blind alleys, all through Union Station, down old right-of-ways, even in old tunnels... She wanted to know every detail of every part of our transportation history. Don't know the when or the how of the story but I think FOLIO GETS IT!

How cool will that be?

Ocklawaha

[Charles Hunter]

Be careful it isn't an expose' of your "hippie" past!

[thelakelander]

Good to know, considering the propaganda job JTA gave her on Monday.

[spidey]

Was it Susan Eastman doing the reporting?  I like Owen's writing better....he seems more objective and even-handed.

[thelakelander]

Owen isn't with Folio anymore.  This reporter is a young girl in her early 20s.  I'm happy she's really doing her research with this issue.  I'm looking forward to seeing how the article turns out.

[Ocklawaha]

Ms: Gwynedd Stuart, is doing the research... MAJOR research... as in ALL DAY walking, hiking, looking, questions, answers...

As for my Hippie Past, If they want to make that a story, they're welcome to it... I don't care. No boss to fire me, remember, daddy sends me a check.

Biggest thing we need today, SUNDAY or MONDAY, is for one of you with super Micro-Soft "powers" to volunteer the afternoon or evening for building a strong Power Point Rail Presentation. I'd be glad to drive over and work with who-ever just to get it done. I don't know beans about micro-soft systems or Power Point.

BTW, while showing Ms Stuart the location of the old pedestrian subway, (*the one FDOT and JTA DEMANDED no longer existed) We found the cutaway at the end of the platform area. Going down to the new lower track level we went around a big old mound of concrete, and up on the hill in a little alcove, was a small indention. A space about the size of a standard kitchen, filled with dirt. As I climbed up on the dirt, I was following a brick archway near the old ground level. As I got up the pile, I realized, there was a hole about 1' x 3' along the top half of the old arch. Looking inside, BINGO! It drops right off into the old Subway... The entry barely blocked.
Time to check it out, if I get arrested, who is going to bail me out?

Still at it...

Ocklawaha

[spidey]

Too bad about Owen.  I hope the article by Gwynedd turns out favorably for you, Ock.  That is pretty cool that you found the opening.  I hope that gets reported in big block letters that stand out in the article.

[Charles Hunter]

Pictures!

[second_pancake]

I hope the article is positive as well, and the next time you go exploring, EMAIL ME!!!  I want to go!  Ok, so I'm not "20-something" anymore, but, like you, I can still hold my own crawling through mud and holes.

Btw, did you see that PS4 was all opened up this weekend?  All of the plywood along the front door and windows was haphazardly ripped off and you could see straight through the building...at street level and interstate level.  Kind of weird.  Don't know if it was vandals or if the construction crew had some interest there and tore the plywood down.