Rules of the road

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Lauderback, Milwaukie Oregon on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 11:54 am:

Undoubtedly meant as "tongue-in-cheek" when first published, this is still good!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 01:09 pm:

Ken, you being a RR person, I did not know that line even came close to Portland Ore.
Cool little bit of fun!
MarkG


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 04:00 pm:

Love it. Definitely a different time. Joking about firing your guns in the air to alert oncomers. Grin...thanks Ken.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will Copeland - Trenton, New Jersey on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 04:54 pm:

Wow, Little rough. Whats worse is it doesn't even say what town this is. I think I better park my T until I find out where that place is! Even the speed limit is secret!Talk about a radar trap!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 06:02 pm:

LOL! Some of these I had not heard before. A few of them were actually laws in some places. They are/were sometimes referred to as "red flag laws" as one of the most common was that an automobile be preceded by a person carrying a red flag. In England, the repeal of the red flag law is what led to the first running of the London to Brighton run as a celebration. (Was that 1896?) It was run annually for a few years, then reenacted as a Veteran Car event beginning about 1929 to current (except for during WWII).
Red flag laws were also enacted in many parts of the USA.
This I believe was publish more in jest, but I love it! Number nine is particularly silly.
Thank you, Ken L, for sharing this! Anything on the other side of the page? I may want to copy this to display with my Gasoline carriage.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 07:18 pm:

It has Portland Ore. printed in two places.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 07:48 pm:

Fire three rockets down the street at five minute intervals??? come on. I doubt if that ever happened. Five minute intervals?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 08:06 pm:

I think they still have some of those "secret" speed limits in a few places around here. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Hector, Minnesota on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 08:13 pm:

Looks like I will take the train.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 08:14 pm:

Ken, this is great. Thanks for sharing it. The speed limit being a secret is fine because my actual speed is often a secret.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 08:19 pm:

Ken, what year is this from? Any history of the Soo Line down there? I don't know if there is any evidence left of it in Portland around 3rd & Pine street.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 08:42 pm:

Erich - Notice that at the bottom of that publication, it gives the Portland, Oregon address of a "ticket office". The SooLine was a midwestern RR that did not extend west of the Dakotas, but like most other railroads, they had "Ticket Offices" in most of the major cities all over the country. Coast-to-coast trips always involved more than one railroad, in fact, to this day, there is no Class I railroad that extends coast-to-coast.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Lauderback, Milwaukie Oregon on Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 09:03 pm:

This was emailed to me by a friend; I have asked him if there is anything on the other side of the page so if there is, I will post it as well. Just thought it was kind of fun! As far as what year it was printed, I can only guess but would think prior to 1910.
Ken


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