June 6, 2024

Looking back 80 years … to D-Day: June 6, 1944!

UPDATED ENCORE PRESENTATION of original posted on May 31st, 2018 With today being June 6th, I cannot ignore what occurred on this…

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WRFM The Radio Pollution Fighters
May 9, 2024

WRFM … and its Stars!

I arrived at WRFM in late March 1969 as its new manager … at a time when the station desperately needed help….

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Hudson Walkway Bridge
July 20, 2023

An historic bridge with a new life!

Isn’t this a beautiful walkway? It’s known as the Walkway Over the Hudson and sits more than 200 feet above the waters…

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Conrail Locomotive 8090 by Tony Kimmel
October 27, 2022

A Railroad Named Conrail and Its Heritage!

This is an encore of a Musings originally posted on this page on August 16, 2018, with a couple of additions. Conrail…

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April 28, 2022

Trivia & Frances …

The above rouge’s gallery of characters, including yours truly, was a panel discussion among those providing programming content or consultancy services to…

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November 18, 2021

Radio Automation … circa 1974!

In case you don’t recognize us, the gentleman on the left is James A. Schulke, the proprietor of Stereo Radio Productions (SRP)…

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October 22, 2020

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES … AFTER THE WAR!

This is Part Three of a pictorial review of North American railroad locomotives. Part One featured steam locomotives, mostly centered around the…

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July 30, 2020

Two Cities … Two Great Stations!

What I wrote about in my previous Musings was really the prelude to the focus of this Musings … the publishing of…

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July 16, 2020

From New York City to the Nation!

If you know my story at all, having been following these Musings for any length of time or have read my Memoir…

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September 19, 2019

The “WOW factor” … a key part of life!

When’s the last time you said or thought “oh wow” in reacting to something you saw or heard? If you were never…

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March 14, 2018

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Part 2

During Part One, which was posted several weeks ago in this space … I showed photos of one of the Pennsylvania RR’s…

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