tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post4408567961812738873..comments2024-03-28T23:36:14.807-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Quest: Go Big or Go HomeEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-21465720375086208722020-04-16T11:10:35.722-04:002020-04-16T11:10:35.722-04:0025% inventory tax? It's called excise tax in c...25% inventory tax? It's called excise tax in colorado. You write into law by everyone voting on it. The reason for people going along with it is because the tax will go for schools, parks, and helping fund good stuff. The catch about funding good stuff is first the gov excise tax departments have to have expenses met. All the funds get used up and nothing left for schools. Say you're a small wholesale cannabis company and you gross a million. Then you write a 250,000$ check that goes to state, county, and special tax district. That's wholesale. Next your product is sold at retail level. Yup, excise a 2nd time. 40-50% overall tax rate. So the way you get busted for cannabis in colorado is not because it's illegal, but because you violated the tax laws.Marco the Labhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123976566727977243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-91566159721412591972020-04-15T23:57:30.238-04:002020-04-15T23:57:30.238-04:00I worked for AT&SF in 1974 at the tail ends of...I worked for AT&SF in 1974 at the tail ends of some branches in Kansas. The rails were embarrassingly bad but they were still able to run a train or two a week of a few cars at 5 mph and ship the wheat.TwoDogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400034283241205713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-61704954362904402392020-04-15T21:33:18.131-04:002020-04-15T21:33:18.131-04:00Now that's my kind of store! We need a T-Shir...Now that's my kind of store! We need a T-Shirt for the ABC store!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317597809710979689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-45902508959328305562020-04-15T13:34:15.297-04:002020-04-15T13:34:15.297-04:00And Sally just 'earned' the round trip... ...And Sally just 'earned' the round trip... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-23266339616890410332020-04-15T12:21:43.983-04:002020-04-15T12:21:43.983-04:00Fast thinking. I wouldn't be at all surprised ...Fast thinking. I wouldn't be at all surprised to read that some amateur rail fans were gathering support for a freight startup, possibly using restored steam locomotives to avoid fuel oil difficulties. CB and amateur shortwave being as good as telegraph, word would get back east.Lergnomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718650151254462639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-20254622597809562142020-04-15T11:09:22.180-04:002020-04-15T11:09:22.180-04:00Good turn of the tale, Joe --kenGood turn of the tale, Joe --kencoyoteken48https://www.blogger.com/profile/06182514695395380561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-51500336514981704422020-04-15T10:49:36.901-04:002020-04-15T10:49:36.901-04:00Coming from a railroad family, I can tell you most...Coming from a railroad family, I can tell you most folks would be surprised at how fast unused tracks deteriorate to the point they are unsafe for traffic. They still look OK, but put a train on them and you will find that looks are deceiving.<br /><br />This could be partially accommodated by running lighter trains-smaller engines, cars not fully loaded. You could also, resources available, hire people to repair the tracks, although that requires some specialist knowledge, especially doing it by hand. Unused lines could be scavenged for rails and ballast. Ties, on the other hand, may not be able to be reused.<br /><br />Just thinking out loud, I really would look at George's idea of the iron horse. Find the small engines on excursion railroads and strictly limit the number and weight of cars until some revenue could be generated to ensure the tracks could handle heavier trains.<br /><br />Don't forget guards. I suspect you'll need them.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-26269120842082114372020-04-15T10:05:47.024-04:002020-04-15T10:05:47.024-04:00In all seriousness, in a post-apocalyptic USA wher...In all seriousness, in a post-apocalyptic USA where the infrastructure was still.intact, a regular running railroad enterprise such as you are describing would be doable. And it would almost certainly run through the smaller cities, the ones that originally sprung up along the rail line. Instead of a diesel locomotive, it might need to.be a wood or coal burning steam locomotive, but it would still be doable.George Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352709031834067303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-38555238231171362632020-04-15T08:36:51.265-04:002020-04-15T08:36:51.265-04:00In retrospect, how hard would it be to hook thirty...In retrospect, how hard would it be to hook thirty box cars to a locomotive and drop one off every twenty-five miles. Wait the better part of a week, then pick them up on the return trip. Sort received merchandise into the proper destination cars and repeat.<br /><br />Or drop one off, pick one up and do the sort-and-repack on each end of the line.<br /><br />Eastern Ohio to central Iowa is about 700 miles, hence the thirty cars to match up to one drop-off every twenty-five miles of track.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-65237748767538122952020-04-15T05:14:21.188-04:002020-04-15T05:14:21.188-04:00I like it! Visions of the iron horse of the old W...I like it! Visions of the iron horse of the old West come to mind, crossing the plains, fighting off injuns and train robbers.George Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352709031834067303noreply@blogger.com