Re: OT: Hey buddy? Can ya spare $300,000,000?

said...

You got me to thinking. In Gibbstown, On Rte. 44, just over the
railroad bridge on the south side, into town, I see trains that have
been there for awhile. Is that the location where your Pop commanded
loading up the trucks with rail deliveries?

No, he worked for a tank truck company that specialized in chemicals.
The terminal there was just a place to park and repair the trucks which
travelled to and from various chemical plants. If I remember correctly,
it was just a big flat lot with a building with repair and wash bays for
the trucks and across the street was a field of asparagus. No train
tracks nearby that I remember, but it's been a long time. It was on the
outskirts with nothing else around but woods and fields then.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

If you have GoogleEarth on your 'puter, you can take a recent peek at
Gibbstown.


You have GoogleEarth?

If not visit http://earth.google.com/

It's free and powerful software! I've mapped my entire life places (up to
this point) with satellite imagery and can travel through it in a movie.

Andy
.

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