Trains shoot sand on their wheels for better traction in some conditions.
I take it that you never played the railroad tycoon games. Having sand for your trains on certain parts of the map was necessary.
TIL
This was a new word for me.
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I am actually not, I’m from Peoria, but my husband is from Steubenville, which is similar to Pittsburgh if you’re from Steubenville, and nothing close if you’re from Pittsburgh.
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Thank God. We’ve been waiting all these years. Time to finally fix it.
I read 2/3rds of Betty Friedans’s Feminine Mystique when I was in my 20s. I didn’t find out she was from Peoria until the tv show “Mrs America”.
Wisconsin has a lot of Springfields.
Wtf Wisconsin.
Any Sprungfields?
Shelbyvilles?
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Reminds me of lake names in MN… There are more than 200 Mud Lakes. There are also 113 Long Lakes, 83 Rice Lakes and 69 Bass Lakes.
If you’re planning a fishing trip & planning on meeting at the lake, you’d better be specific.
No, but I bet they got an Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook covered.
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I think round lake is the most common.
Isnt it unique within the county. There are lots of counties
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The mechanism shoots the sand on the track, not the wheels.
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All Monorail citites!
When GT beat Cal in football in 1929 they were gifted a bear. He lived under the football stands and was taken all around campus
https://twitter.com/gtalumni/status/1764809034371113419?t=uLeBjws04sK6NGAsEVYnng&s=19
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Dang Australia, you are tough!
I’m still pretty pissed off about that.
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