Rail roads and their tracks.

[ultrarunner]

It seems like the big issue with that port is, the Panamax container ships keep running aground there. Evergreen especially had bad luck.
I can see the Pacific (California) ports getting less and less traffic. It's all wadded up out there, in the bay as well as portside.

Loitering ships cost lots of money for the owners.

Yep, looking out to the bay there are a number of freighters in the bay but also could be weather related.

 

[JethroB]

Never seen a meter maid? Wow.

When I first started at the newspaper, the printing press was on the 1st floor with large windows facing the street. Anytime a meter maid would go by and chalk the tires, a pressman would wait a couple minutes then run out and wipe the chalk marks off the tires of all the other pressmen's car tires with a rag. It was a long-standing tradition. I found it humorous, as the company provided parking 1/2 a block away for $50 a year. They were too cheap to spend 20 cents a day to park without worrying about parking tickets.

A local hamburger joint/pool hall did something similar. The owner would go out and feed the parking meters with dimes. They sold a little beer too. . Draft by the gallon milk jug $3.00. Nasty when it went flat.

 

[ArlyA]

How about Rail roads guys....

 

[5030]

Gee, containers are offloaded and a raft of them get loaded on trains and then get pilfered while waiting to go somewhere... Many vids out there showing that.

 

[MossRoad]

Wouldn't it cost more than $50/year to feed the parking meters?

There were no parking meters. Which is kinda weird.

The town had parking meters in the past, hence the meter maids. They removed the meters and put up parking signs like 15 minute loading zone. 1 hour. 2 hour, etc., but kept the meter maids for enforcement. They'd walk a route and chalk a tire with chalk on a stick.

So there wasn't a meter to feed. But if you got several parking tickets a year, yes, it was easier and less expensive to buy the parking pass from the employer.

Eventually, they did away with the chalking and gave the meter maids scanners. They'd scan the license plate of each car parked and it would not the location. So you couldn't park on the same block for more than 2 hours (or whatever the posted time was). If you'd go out and drive around the block and park in a different spot, you still got a ticket. So you'd have to move to another block or cross street.

Amazing how many smokers would go out every couple hours, have a smoke, and move their car 3-4 times a day VS just parking in the lot.

 

[MossRoad]

How about Rail roads guys....

I went to some Scottish Highland Games SE of Pittsburgh last weekend. There are several RR museums in that area, but schedules conflicted and could not visit any. Looks like an area rich in RR history. Just more reasons to return and explore.

 

[cqaigy2]

I wouldn't be adverse to seeing some pics, assuming you might have 1 or 2 with a RR oriented theme to include.

 

[MossRoad]

I wouldn't be adverse to seeing some pics, assuming you might have 1 or 2 with a RR oriented theme to include.

I could not stop to get photos. They were all closed on the days we drove by them on our way to other activities/appointments.

The one I'd like to see is a Trolley museum.

 

[MossRoad]

If you meant the Scottish games, I'll post one in another thread.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

From the UP FB page.