Las Vegas Trip, Boxcar Evolution and Container Shipping
The hosts open the program discussing a recent trip to Las Vegas and the hospitality provided by Dame Angela. Observations are made regarding the disappearance of traditional railroad boxcars in favor of modern shipping containers. The conversation touches on the changing landscape of American freight transportation and the prevalence of various container sizes on modern trains.
las vegas· boxcars· shipping containers· freight trains· dame angela
00:00 Talk about overkill. all that ails society with our digital town hall and broadcasting live from the capital of the drone star state here in FEMA region 6. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from northern Silicon Valley where boxcar after boxcar goes flying by i am John C. Dvorak. It's crackpot and buzzkill! Bam! That's what I call an opener there are no box cars though these are these container things
00:39 Now they got the little bitty one. They got the big one and sometimes some trains would have two big ones, but now they get these little half-ones. Good old boxcar you could get into and travel around the country doesn't exist anymore? No it's just these containers I don't think i've seen a boxcar for couple years Just a few maybe The craps table! Hey hey yes oh that's right I was in Vegas Yes, indeed. What a segue! Well you said the craps tables that you started as well... Yeah that's what I said and did it for And I have to announce... Yeah we're not announcing anything unfortunately That's right We did not get married Had a good time though and I really want to thank Dame Angela in Vegas for hooking us up You know when you have someone who works in Vegas and has lived there almost all their life? They got connections
