Richie Kennedy | route56.com

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Welcome to my anchor point on the web. For over 20 years, I have shared various subjects regarding highway, railways, local radio, and more.

I chose the name “route56” in honor of the green and white variant of the US Highway shield that the Kansas Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency used specifically to mark US 56 from the designation of US 56 in 1956 until KDOT elected to adopt the standard black-and-white design in the mid-1980s

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Latest Blog Posts

  • Twister

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    Last night proved interesting weather wise, especially if you were on the K-State campus for any of the summer camps that were in session. A nasty tornadic storm cell came through. This excerpt from a Severe Weather Statement from the National Weather Service says it all. AT 1101 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND…

  • If you don’t have a weather radio…

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    …you might have a hard time getting one right now. Thanks to a “High Risk” day for severe weather, there’s been a run on weather radios. I was at Radio Shack today to purchase an spare antenna for my TV, the employee there indicated that they ware out of Weather Radios there as well. He…

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    I’ve posted my pictures of the parade from high atop Kennedy Glass’s rack truck #7, in front of Central Jr. High http://www. route56. com/gallery/photo/041308

  • Rainy night in Denver

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    Whenever we went up in the mountains, it never fails to rain on at least one day. This time around, It occurred on night #3, and it rained in a fashion reminiscent of a cell moving through Lawrence.

  • Colorado Roadtrip, Days 1 and 2

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    Reporting tonight from the Comfort Inn in Westminster: Day 1: Set up jump No pictures, just a tired roadgeek setting up the second day. My little cousin Bethany had a birthday party Sunday afternoon, so I knew I was going to have a late start in. I decided upon Salina as my intermediate stop. From…

  • Please Stand By

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    I’m currently at Hoglund Ballpark watching the Lawrence Raiders play Arkansas City when we got a delay due to someone tripping a circuit breaker…. we lost the lights. Ouch.

  • What I did today

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    So far: * Got a new pair of size 42 Birkenstocks as a birthday present. Maybe I found the question of Life, the Universe, and everything. * Got pictures of 5 different trains. * Forced three of those trains to slow down at the Ohio Terrace crossing when I noticed that the crossing wasn’t working…

  • E85

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    When I bought my 2001 Town & Country, one of the things I found out about it off the bat was that it was a “flex fuel” vehicle, meaning it could run on E85 fuel. I had not had an opportunity to take advantage of that fact until last night. I found out through the…

  • What to say

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    * First off, the place that I have called home for the past 17 years is Up for sale. Most of my free time has been spent keeping the place clean in making improvements here and there. There was a Open House on Saturday, which meant we had to evacuate for the afternoon. Inquiries about…

  • The old Cuckoo

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    My dad bought a cuckoo clock for his parents in 1970 while stationed in Japan. It hung at my grandparent’s home in Old West Lawrence until my grandma moved in ’87 (my Grandfather passed away in 1973 — I was eventually given his name). When my grandma passed away a month ago, the first thing…