PUBLIC NOTICE LOCOMOTIVE 1504

[Ocklawaha]

The Monthly Meeting of the North Florida Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
will be held on Thursday, July 23rd at 7:30 PM at CSX Building #1, Orientation Room. Address is 6737 Southpoint Drive South.

Special program will be supplied by Board member Jim McGinn featuring the restoration of
Santa Fe 3751 from a cold dormant locomotive in a city park, to an active steaming locomotive tackling mountain grades and desert temperatures.

This will truly inspire us to diligently work to preserve the ACL 1504 , which we trust will have been honored the previous day by her designation as a local historical landmark (please see previous E Mail) .

See you at the meeting. For any further information , please contact me at 739-8030. 

George Bollinger
Secretary
North Florida Chapter, National Railway Historical Society

The grand old gal behind the Jacksonville Terminal, aka: Prime Osbourne Convention Center, is up for a historic hearing. This could lead to long term preservation efforts and perhaps even full restoration, or seeding our own railroad museum.

Consider with the "S" line relaid, we would have several miles of city owned track for transit by day and freight by night... 1504 could go out on the weekends and stretch her long legs. She would be poetry in motion, the closest thing mankind has ever created to a living, breathing, animal. You laugh? Ask ANYONE who has ever had the pleasure to operate a steam engine and you'll get the same reply... LIVE STEAM.

Subject: ACL 1504 Public Hearing 7/22/09


All interested parties :

The public hearing before the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission for the local landmark designation
of ACL 1504 will be held at 3PM , July 22nd, 8th Floor meeting room of Ed Ball Building , 200 Block of North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida .

All interested parties are invited and urged to attend. 

George Bollinger
Secretary
North Florida Chapter, National Railway Historical Society

OCKLAWAHA

[Ocklawaha]

COME ON PEOPLE, 1504 could get something out of this meeting. Bring her back to life? Maybe so, we'll see soon! What do you think?

OCKLAWAHA

[Ocklawaha]

Does anybody still want to volunteer to fix 1504? Where are you?

OCKLAWAHA

[Cliffs_Daughter]

Does anybody still want to volunteer to fix 1504? Where are you?

OCKLAWAHA

Some time ago I said I would.
And when the times comes, I will volunteer. Count me in for whatever I can do, even if it's just  polishing brass.
But I'm going to a funeral this week and will not make that meeting, sorry to say.

[Wacca Pilatka]

I'm out of town but would make a contribution toward the effort for sure.

[BridgeTroll]

I want to drive it... er engineer it... ah... you know!

[macbeth25]

Our West Nassau Historical Society (Callahan) is quite proud of our caboose located next to the old Callahan Railroad Depot.  We have quite a bit of railroad and other historical memorabilia.  Take a look at our website http://www.wnhsfl.org/ and visit our museum.  Another place to check out Callahan's history, as noted in the comments on MetroJacksonville.com regarding Hog Hunting, Bar B Q and the City of Callahan, is Brandies Ace Hardware, 617299 Brandies Ave, Callahan.  Maybe I'll see you there.  If you're interested in genealogy, check out this website: http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/i/z/Jean-H-Mizell-FL/ which concerns the West Nassau Genealogical Society.

[Ocklawaha]

I want to drive it... er engineer it... ah... you know!

Well troll, it IS a common mistake, as is steering. For train virgins, you steer, and thus drive an automobile, bike, bus or truck. One must "operate" a train. The best part is you were trying to get it right and I salute that my friend. To even farther mess up the lingo, the UK and most other regions of the world "Drive" their trains -- sucks that we can't agree on a term that has been causing trouble forever. Worse still the engineer is called a "Locomotive Driver." In the old days an engineer was required to care for his steed, certainly that is the work of a true mechanical Engineer.

On fixed rail transit the lingo follows the mode. Streetcar drivers are known as a "Motorman," or "Motormen". Unlike their bus driver contemporaries, female operators are simply called "Operators." Keep in mind that the CONDUCTOR is the captain of the train or streetcar or monorail.

Smile!

OCKLAWAHA

[BridgeTroll]

Thanks Ock!

[Ernest Street]

How did the hearing turn out?...the sign is still on the fence at the Prime Osbourne.

[mtraininjax]

Ock, sorry, I'd rather see an E-3 on the S line than 1504. I like steam, but I love the streamliner diesels.

[Timkin]

Ock, Id rather see 1504 in operation than a diesel generic.

[mtraininjax]

diesel generic

Timkin, do you even know what an E-3 is? Ever see any of the E-3 locomotives that graced the Jacksonville Terminal in its heyday?

[peestandingup]

Hmm, I think if there's one thing we can all learn from Thomas & Friends, it's that steamies are graceful & elegant creatures, with fun attitudes & personalities all their own. While diesels are loud, smelly things that are often grouchy & generic looking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6vAfUXx3nY

I think there's a reason why all the diesels on that show are dicks. Because diesels suck!

[mtraininjax]

I think there's a reason why all the diesels on that show are dicks. Because diesels suck!

Perhaps you should start walking instead of riding the bus then?