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Mine is still in the charging spot on the speaker system. I use it every time I sit at the workbench. It won’t play now unless it’s in the charging port
I loved having it with the docking station. Had great sound. I do use my phone for music, but its not the same
and I don't like the sound. Maybe if I got a Bluetooth speaker I would enjoy Pandora more.
US Ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson demands USSR UN representative Valerian Zorin answer concerns about Cuban missile bases, saying, "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
Moviegoers in Kansas City, Missouri, attend the premiere of John Carpenter's low-budget horror film, titled appropriately enough for the season, 'Halloween.' Those expecting a cheesy gore fest are instead treated to a masterful take on the genre, and some of the best scares since 'Psycho.'
Today is Saturday, October 25, 2025
The History of Today 1415 - England won the Battle of Agincourt over France during the Hundred Years' War. Almost 6,000 Frenchmen were killed while fewer than 400 were lost by the English.
1812 - During the War of 1812, the U.S. frigate United States captured the British vessel Macedonian.
1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.
1962 - American author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
2000 - AT&T Corp. announced that it would restructure into a family of four separately traded companies (consumer, business, broadband and wireless).
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Never mistake motion for action.
- Ernest Hemingway
Germany's supreme commander General Eric Ludendorff resigns, protesting the terms to which the German Government has agreed in negotiating an armistice,
American Olympian, George Forman takes gold in Mexico City
George Foreman knocks out (TKO) Soviet Ionas Chepulis to win the Heavyweight Boxing gold medal. The champion will go on to win professional titles and later find big success with a little grill.
I loved having it with the docking station. Had great sound. I do use my phone for music, but its not the same
and I don't like the sound. Maybe if I got a Bluetooth speaker I would enjoy Pandora more.
Mine is still in the charging spot on the speaker system. I use it every time I sit at the workbench. It won’t play now unless it’s in the charging port
My iPod sits in the Bose charger / speaker…
It lives in our living room fireplace.. sound is great there
Battery is done, but it plays ok.
I had the screen replaced years ago, should done the battery at the same time..
It is maxed out on memory at 4000 plus songs…
My iPad mini has around 11000 songs and that keeps me sane…
By the mid-20th century, the American railroad industry was fully committed to dieselization. Different companies (including the B&O) were replacing their old steam locomotives with newer, cleaner diesel-electric engines. In keeping with this shift, the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) produced about 1,500 model S-2 diesel electric switchers between 1940 and 1950. The S-2 was the larger, more powerful successor of the 660 horsepower S-1. At 115 tons, the 1000-horsepower S-2 was too small to push large freight or passenger trains, but it was great for working in railyards.
This S-2 diesel electric locomotive was purchased by the B&O Railroad in October of 1948. The engine was known as B&O No. 519 until 1957, when it was renumbered as the B&O No. 9063. In 1976, the B&O No. 9063 was sold to the Octoraro Railway – a new “short line” railroad based in southern Pennsylvania – and renumbered as the Octoraro No. 3. The S-2 was then used in several railyards across Pennsylvania and Delaware until it was donated to the B&O Railroad Museum in 1990.
The Octoraro Railway was acquired by the Delaware Valley Railway in 1994. Today, the old Octoraro Line is used by the East Penn Railroad. Like the Octoraro No. 3, most S-2 switchers have retired. A few continue to operate on short line railroads, but most surviving S-2s are preserved in museums across the US and Canada.
The National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation shares and preserves the storied legacy and experiences of American railroading. Come see where it began!
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