Word: railroads
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...There aren't many old-timers who saw the Red Sox lose their first World Series, way back in 1946. I was 16 and hitchhiked from Iowa City, Iowa, to St. Louis, Missouri, for Game 1. I slept in the railroad station and bought a $3 standing-room ticket behind home plate. The Sox tied the game in the ninth, and Rudy York won it in the 10th with a blast to the last row of the bleachers?and I was the only one in the park yelling. I'm happy for today's Boston kids with their cell phones...
...what they do; like My Morning Jacket and Wilco, once upon a time, the Anomoanon straddles the divide between the hipster and jam undergrounds, finding little secure fit in either pigeonhole but appealing to both scenes. Though “Mr. Train” borrows from classic-rock railroad mystique, the music is constantly engaging, especially in the driving percussion and high-hat touches and the smooth vocals. Ned can cover a vocal range without his more celebrated brother’s cracks, and for this type of song he’s more effective. Traditional, yes, innovative, no; nonetheless...
...list of Massachusetts firsts is dizzying: the nation’s first college, published newspaper, published novel, free public school, public park, public library, Thanksgiving, railroad, subway and basketball game, to name a few. And naturally there are the local trailblazers: Paul Revere, Sam and John Adams, John F. Kennedy ’40, etc. But the real essence of this place lies in something less quantifiable—the V-word, if you will...
There's more at stake than the fate of one railroad company or getting a carload of molasses to the supermarket on time. The nation's four largest railroads, UP, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, CSX and Norfolk Southern, are a linchpin of the U.S. economy; when they don't run smoothly, it's tough for the economy to grow. And lately, for companies whose bottom line depends on moving goods on schedule, the situation has become dire. UPS, the huge parcel service, was recently forced to shift some shipments to trucks. Dow Chemical, which supplies, among other things, chlorine...
...Railroad Woes...