At a public utilities commision hearing on a raillroad`s petition to discontinue unprofitable train service a farmer appeared to voice his protest. His reason: he like to hear the whistle blow. Back in the eightteen 90`s when one of the states had a law prohibiting operation of freight trains on Sunday unless they carried livesstock, resoureful railroaders would put one mule aboard each Sunday freight. One of the interesting and jobs of the Railway Express Agency was transporting large numbers of carrier racing pigeons from any section of the country to any designated point and releasing them simultaneously at the precise minute and second specified by owner. Superheater
Some of those laws seem rather silly. I try to imagine the context for them being written back then. But cannot picture their reasoning. I'll bet that a close look would show us that some of these regulations are still on the books. Still valid? Boxcab E50
