Not thought about trains or buses since March, the last lockdown. Wife doesn't want me to travel outside our hometown. I obey because she's been 'fine' about the pub since they reopened, except of course they closed again last week.
It just so happens that between work (which I can't do from home) and the supermarkets I can guarantee y'all that my locals are the safest places. Sedate and sticking rigidly to the rules, unlike the supermarkets where we play 'dodge the shopper'.
Well I thought about trains a couple of weeks ago, & bought (online) a return from London to Brighton for last Saturday, all those lovely charity shops & markets...& then the new lockdown was announced, so I didn't bother collecting the tickets, oh well, only £13 lost.
My two favorite railroads are the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio. The holidays are usually so busy that I get to run either one or the other. But this year, with pandemic isolation, I may have lots of time to run both.
The mid-century F-unit diesel locomotives are my favorites. They nicely capture the optimism and futurism of the period.
Onya, since you like mid-20th-century industrial short films (like Alex North's Decision for Chemistry) and also locomotives and the state of Pennsylvania (plus Rocky & Bullwinkle), then you might be interested in U.S. Steel's animated Rhapsody of Steel. (that is, if you aren't already familiar with it)
I sold off my U.S. Steel LP after having gotten the Kritzerland CD; I rank it as one of Kritzerland's best LP-to-CD releases and one of Tiomkin's Top 5 soundtracks (for whatever my input is worth )
I sold off my U.S. Steel LP after having gotten the Kritzerland CD; I rank it as one of Kritzerland's best LP-to-CD releases and one of Tiomkin's Top 5 soundtracks (for whatever my input is worth )
I have had the LP for decades. It was routinely in stock at thrift stores and flea markets.
I thought Dimi would be too old-school for you, but now I know Tiomkin's not off your radar.
A lot of the industrial film music that I like appears in the "bustling city cues" thread on the other side. Not sure if you've waded into that discussion.
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