Richie Kennedy

Rail photos from May 19

22 May 2014

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in General

Music to replace a light fixture to….

9 May 2014

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in General

This morning, I replaced the socket in one of the light fixtures at the Lawrence Depot. I hooked up my iPod and set it to shuffle. Here’s what the MP3 player returned.

A Saturday on the Union Pacific

29 December 2013

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in Photos, railroad

I went into Perry to deliver gifts for my nieces and to get to know mybaby sister a little bit. After that, I decided to head a couple of blocks over to the Union Pacific mainline to catch what was going on.

Snow Trains

24 December 2013

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in Photos, railroad

‘Twas the Monday before Christmas and activity on the Union Pacific was blowing through the snow-covered landscape. There’s also a late Amtrak 4.

Meeting my second family

22 December 2013

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in Personal

For those that don’t know, I was adopted at birth. Recently, I decided to look into my biological family. For me, it didn’t take that long. Armed with my biological mother’s name, I did a facebook search. It came back with results indicating that I had a “friend in common.”

US 59 freeway road video

16 October 2013

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in highways

A little overdue, but I finally put the finishing touches on this road video of US 59 from Ottawa to Lawrence.

New I-35/Homestead Lane Diverging Diamond

13 October 2013

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in highways

Kansas now has a Diverging Diamond Interchange. The I-35 exit at Homestead Lane is now open. Unlike many recent DDIs, this is a new interchange to serve the new BNSF intermodal facility between Edgerton and Gardner.

Changes… and Televison

11 July 2013

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in General

For some reason, I feel the need to comment on a recent announcement involving a television program that I (and about 18 million plus) watch regularly.