Baltimore & Ohio Railroad "The Fair of the Iron Horse" 1927 100th anniversary of the trains and railroads in America

To celebrate it’s 100th birthday, the history-conscious B&O in 1926 held the “Fair of the Iron Horse,” a parade of mostly it’s own significant locomotives.
They had rebuilt the 1830s Baltimore and Ohio train, the “Atlantic” which is comical looking, but hey, they didn’t have much to draw from for inspiration, and did what seemed to make sense
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this 1927 recreated train is in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum http://www.borail.org/Ohio-Coach.aspx in Baltimore Maryland

Richard Imlay, a Baltimore carriage builder, built six carriages for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for use on the track leading to Ellicott Mills from Baltimore in 1830. Imlay used the pattern and design of the standard turnpike stagecoach to develop his rail cars.

 The carriage body was perched on four un-sprung wheels and cradled by heavy leather straps, and a brake lever was placed next to the outside seat. These carriages were meant for use on low speed horse operation railroads and later, early steam locomotives.

 The railroad soon learned that these designs were impractical because they were unstable and passengers were discomforted by the hot ash and cinders blowing back in their direction. In addition, railroads found that passengers wanted the freedom to stand up and move around while traveling, which eventually lead to the adoption of standard rectangular coaches with center aisles and bench seats.

The “Atlantic” displayed at the fair, was actually the “Andrew Jackson” #7, built in 1836, and adapted in 1892 for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.

http://www.borail.org/Maryland-Coach.aspx

By far the best webpage that goes thoroughly into the entire fair, and all the trains, is http://www.rgusrail.com/mdfotih.html

On Friday, retired mechanic Malcolm Croxton was awaiting the arrival of his next restoration project, a 61 E Type Jaguar

He had flown a total of 6,000 miles and eight flights for this car to Tulsa, Okla.

The car had (mostly) survived the blaze judging by pictures he’s seen from the news, although it is no longer in the generally excellent condition he had seen at the time of purchase.

“Miraculously, apart from a broken windshield and smoke and water discoloration, it survived,” Croxton said. “It was the only car on the carrier that did — all the others were write-offs.”

Croxton, who restores and resells cars and motorcycles, had paid $50,000 cash for the metallic blue 1960s pop culture icon, immediately recognizable for its low-slung profile and long hood.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20150721/torrance-car-restorers-vintage-jaguar-e-type-project-consumed-by-north-fire-flames

the fire was last Fridays calamity that burned down cars stuck in traffic in the Cajon Pass (the I 15) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/07/bad-news-update-cars-that-burned-out-on.html

Thanks Tom!

The DeWitt Clinton train (1831) exhibited on railroad flat car to spectators.

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In early 1831 Goold & Co. received a commission for what would prove to be his legacy, the construction of six coach tops for the Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road Company. Those coaches were the first passenger cars constructed for an American railroad, and their motive power was furnished by the DeWitt Clinton, America’s most famous steam rail road engine which was named for the recently deceased governor of New York.

The ‘DeWitt Clinton’ locomotive was constructed by Cold Spring, New York’s West Point Foundry (1817-1911), the same firm that constructed the ‘Best Friend of Charleston’ – America’s first locomotive – for the South Carolina Canal & Railroad Co. in 1830.

It’s going to take more time than I have right now to finish this post, but this recreation of the DeWitt Clinton train is in the Henry Ford museum

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/g/goold/goold.htm

Can a new Jeep Cherokee be hacked and disabled remotely, and make the driver useless? Yes, but only if the hackers waste about a 1/2 year focusing on this, and have that specific vehicles IP address

All of this is possible only because Chrysler, like practically all carmakers, is doing its best to turn the modern automobile into a smartphone. Uconnect, an Internet-connected computer feature in hundreds of thousands of Fiat Chrysler cars, SUVs, and trucks, controls the vehicle’s entertainment and navigation, enables phone calls, and even offers a Wi-Fi hot spot.

And thanks to one vulnerable element, which Miller and Valasek won’t identify until their Black Hat talk, Uconnect’s cellular connection also lets anyone who knows the car’s IP address gain access from anywhere in the country. 

From that entry point, Miller and Valasek’s attack pivots to an adjacent chip in the car’s head unit—the hardware for its entertainment system—silently rewriting the chip’s firmware to plant their code.

That rewritten firmware is capable of sending commands through the car’s internal computer network, known as a CAN bus, to its physical components like the engine and wheels.

Miller and Valasek say the attack on the entertainment system seems to work on any Chrysler vehicle with Uconnect from late 2013, all of 2014, and early 2015. They’ve only tested their full set of physical hacks, including ones targeting transmission and braking systems, on a Jeep Cherokee, though they believe that most of their attacks could be tweaked to work on any Chrysler vehicle with the vulnerable Uconnect head unit. They have yet to try remotely hacking into other makes and models of cars.

Miller and Valasek have been sharing their research with Chrysler for nearly nine months, enabling the company to quietly release a patch ahead of the Black Hat conference.

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Traffic stop on Sandra Bland, first dash cam video evidence was tampered with to lessen the public response, right until we noticed that the cops screwed with the video… the same cars go by several times.

the longer version

The portion of the video that has raised questions comes after Bland is in the police vehicle.

In one instance, the tow truck driver who has arrived at the scene to take Bland’s car is seen coming out of his vehicle four times in less than two minutes. Texas trooper Brian Encinia can be heard on the audio during that portion of the footage, describing the incident on the phone.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-sandra-bland-dash-cam-anomalies/story?id=32615846

In the July 10 encounter, Encinia asks Bland to put out her cigarette. Bland refuses and the trooper demands that she get out of the car, opening the door with his taser drawn.

the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety said Encinia was in the wrong, according to KHOU..

“A DPS state trooper has an obligation to exhibit professionalism and be courteous throughout the entire contact and that wasn’t the case here,” Steven McCraw said.

Encinia has been put on desk duty for violating departmental procedures.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dashcam-video-sandra-bland-traffic-stop-released-texas/

DPS Director Steven McCraw. “It is important that her family has confidence in the efficacy of this investigation, which is why the Waller County Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney originally requested investigative assistance from the Texas Rangers; and it’s also why DPS requested the FBI assist in this investigation.”

“This team of investigators is committed to conducting a throrough and impartial investigation. When the Texas Rangers and FBI investigation is complete, it will be turned over for review by the District Attorney, who has indicated it will also be brought before a grand jury,” said Director McCraw.
http://www.dps.texas.gov/director_staff/media_and_communications/2015/pr20150721.htm

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