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FRA Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle 1

This is not the engine that was in Tallahassee on the 4th, but a very similar unit.

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FRA Gage Restraint Measurement Vehicle 1, originally uploaded by A.J. Smith.
This is a US Railroad Administration [...]

GRMS-2

If you were around Gaines Street and Stone Valley Road today (4th of July, 2007), you probably noticed a very strange looking locomotive on the CSX siding. It’s painted blue and yellow, has the CSX logo, is numbered “GRMS-2″ and appears to be a rather high-tech device.
It turns out that it’s a [...]

The All Saints Cafe

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Tallahassee Florida, originally uploaded by geishaboy500.
On Railroad Avenue, the All Saints Cafe roasts their own coffee and with coffee, fresh is best.

Old Folks at Home

The state song, Old Folks at Home, by Stephen Foster, has some words in it’s lyrics which in todays context, are, to most people, racist.
This is a slightly redacted version of the song with the offensive line changed. The performers are Tallahassee treasure Doug Gauss and Blountstown fiddle hero, Wayne Martin. The signer [...]

TLH018 - Consolidation

TLH018 - You’re tuned into the TallyCast
City-County consolidation is rearing it’s ugly head again. I have great respect for staff at both governments. The way to look at consolidation is from the standpoint of government services received, economies of scale and natural barriers.
Since I first moved to Leon County in the [...]

Florida Folk Festival Rescheduled

From the Florida Park Service:
“The new dates for the 55th Annual Florida Folk Festival will take place Veterans Day weekend, November 9 – 11, 2007.
Plans for the new dates in November include combining the festival with the park’s Rural Folklife Days events already scheduled for the week prior to Veterans Day weekend. For [...]

2007 Florida Folk Festival canceled

We received word today from White Springs that sadly, the 2007 Florida Folk Festival, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, has been canceled due to the wild fires in North Florida and South Georgia. As it stands now, there are no plans to reschedule the event and the next Florida Folk Festival will be in [...]

TLH017 Smoky Festival

It’s dry in North Florida and very smoky. There’s a huge swamp fire burning on the Florida/Georgia border. There has been a haze in the air the last few days, but today it’s so smoky that my eyes burn when I walk outside. Right now, both I-10 and I-have sections closed because [...]

NHMFL

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mag lab tlh, originally uploaded by macguys.
When I saw on my walk.

TLH016 - LOST in Tallahassee

A couple of weeks ago, I received a note from a listener to my technology podcast. Lynn wrote:

“I’m a listener to Radio MacGuys and a big fan of the TV show LOST. In several episodes of LOST, Tallahassee has been mentioned. I know you live there from listening to your podcast. [...]