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[@JSAC66]

I really enjoy your road trips, I think you are as much a great history teacher as a great shop teacher! Sure, we can Google the Eisenhower Interstate System, but it would be better to hear you telling more about it!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@bocody]

Mr Pete, you could make a video on how to fry an egg and I’d find it interesting. Keep the road trips coming, I really enjoy them.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, I think I’ll make a video on how to poach eggs

[@fixitmakeit]

I do enjoy seeing real history, told by knowledgeable teacher. As resident of Australia , and born and raised in the UK our impressions of the USA come mostly tv shows and news channels, youtube and the many great content providers have shown what a thoroughly great people are actually like in your great nation. We were brought up on crime shows, the huge cities, attorneys , and some great comedy. Do appreciate your efforts educate everyone via the interwebs.Thanks Mr Pete.

[@brucekiszely2995]

Fixit Makeit, thank you for those kind words!!, We're not all bad here!!, LOL

[@mrpete222]

Thanks, I’m glad you liked it

[@wilsonhardy2100]

This was one of your good ones, I love the history aspect of your channel. Thanks again

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, but hardly anyone watches the historical videos

[@davidbarnhart6228]

Absolutely love the road trips Mr.Pete! I can vicariously take a trip to the Midwest, thanks to you.

[@mrpete222]

👍

[@LarryBlowers]

Always a pleasure to take a field trip with the ole shop teacher I really enjoyed the trip a few years back to the power plant

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@klschofield71]

Thanks Mr. Pete!! I didn't know I needed a historical road trip, until I went on one with you. I appreciate you letting your inner rebel out to capture and share some of your local history.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, glad you liked it

[@danielabbey7726]

Enjoyed the road trip, Mr. Pete. As time goes on, old Ike's legacy keeps looking better and better! I used to live a couple blocks from Rt 80 in Pennsylvania.

[@ottoreuter6279]

Loving these "field trips"!!! Don't even need a permission slip!

[@CornishMiner]

Very interesting. It's always good to find out about what goes on in one's locality and there is always much historical understanding to be gained. I like these videos.

[@672egalaxie6]

This episode was an absolute joy! Thanks Mr. Pete, lately I find myself very nostalgic, and this was a perfect response. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. God Bless America.

[@mrpete222]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@stxrynn]

Those loops remind me of an old cartoon, "Monotonous, isn't it!" South of Lubbock I remember test patches With different kinds of asphalt. They marked the sections on the side of the road. Hwy 87 and / or Hwy 84...

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@mocarp1]

When I was still in engineering consulting in the early 1990's we manufactured and installed instruments in a Minnesota road test sections which was a research project the state started. MnRoad. They diverted the interstate traffic onto the test section rather than have dedicated vehicles for traffic.

[@mrpete222]

That was a good idea, to divert the traffic.

[@jamescahill2772]

Loved the Field Trip Mr Pete! I am a retired civil engineer and spent a career working for a large contractor building roads, bridges, and other infrastructure project. This trip brought me back to my student days when I worked in an asphalt testing laboratory mixing bituminous pavements by hand and testing them on laboratory equipment. Love the history you showed, most people have no idea about this sort of thing even though they use it every day. Well done!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, glad you could enjoy it. I noticed not many people are watching it. I realized when I made it that there would be very little interest in this

[@hogtwentysixjdh]

I like history, keep it coming.

[@gofastwclass]

Another excellent and informative video on a topic I knew little about. Thanks very much Mr. Pete!

[@keepcalmandfarmon5401]

Loved this video! Thanks Mr. Pete.

[@johnquinn3899]

Great trip Mr Pete. Photos of the signs were a high lite. Interesting about Mr Boyce

[@2manymodels]

Thank you Mr Pete. I enjoy these history lessons along with your shop videos. I drove past that site last summer on my trip out west.

[@750VFR]

Love this sort of Industrial Archaeology, as well of course as engineering, truck, tractor, engine videos. Must've passed through Ottawa, Il, used to fly into O'Hare then drive to Cat at Peoria 2/3 times a year throughout the nineties. 🇬🇧😂

[@TBJK07Jeep]

Thank you Mr Pete. I really enjoy your videos. I love seeing & hearing the history. The stories. Its great.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@NipkowDisk]

I worked for WSDOT for over 29 years and retired over six months ago, this was a terrific video to watch. Thank you for posting this bit of Interstate/AASHO history!!!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much, I’m glad you liked it. I went back and shot some more video of the road, but lost the footage

[@michaelcerkez3895]

Thank you very much Mr Pete. I drove that section of I-80 many times driving tractor trailer and never noticed the test track. I requested you show this and I thank you Sir. Makes a person think about the road their driving on.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@steinmargunnarsson3709]

I find this very interesting, and I appreciate your effort to teach the rest of us about the local history. Thanks a lot Mr. Pete

[@jamesbruley2843]

Enjoyed the video, learned some new things. Maybe a road trip to show where the I&M canal crossed over a river. I find that very interesting.

[@tonyn3123]

The test tracks fascinate me. I began my career managing highway construction contracts in 1971 and my last day will be this Friday; even though I have been partially retired for a year or so. I spent many many days on the roads and bridges of my state and in conference rooms negotiating technical details or working with the designers, all while learning the math involved in calculating defections for a horizontal spiral curve. lol. I am fortunate enough to begin my career when the interstate system was being built through my end of the state. It is amazing the work that was accomplished in the 60's and 70's. The sheer number of people involved was astonishing. The engineering crews today are mere skeletons of what I experienced early in my career . I have said many times, I am so glad Eisenhower had the foresight to begin the interstate when he did. We could not afford it now.

[@joescarborough1]

Loop 1 -the one you visited- was, presumably, the control loop for the test project since it was never subjected to test traffic. Each 15 foot section in Loop 1's tangents was constructed as a replica of sections appearing in the other loops. The tangent nearest your vehicle was concrete and the tangent nearest the Interstate was asphalt/concrete composite. As late as 1967 Loop 2 was still there and perhaps beyond but aerial photographs taken in 1971 are of such low quality that even the Interstate is a blur. Loop 2 was used for single axle vehicle tests. Loops 3-6 were intentionally built on the I-80 surveyed route and were obliterated during construction of the route. They were used for tandem axle tests. Cheers, -- Joe

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@joescarborough1]

@@mrpete222 Subsequent research revealed, "As previously stated, Loop 1 was not subjected to test traffic. One lane of this loop was used for subsurface and special load studies, the other for observing the effect of environment on pavements not subjected to traffic" Summary Report, The AASHO Road Test, Highway Research Board, Publication No. 1061, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Washington, D. C., 1962

[@peteengard9966]

Grooved concrete for water draining even back then. Those grooves really chew up some tires and make a lot of noise. Thank you for showing us a little bit of history.

[@tiddums1151]

Thanks Mr. Pete enjoyed it very much.

[@richardoleson7934]

Woo Hoo! Road trip! Thanks for the ride along. I was surprised at the degradation of the test loop pavement just from sitting there for a few decades. In a hundred years, you won't even know it was there at all.

[@joeharris2456]

Mr. Pete, Love your "travel logs". There is more to life than just the shop. Keep them coming!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@jamesbonnema1041]

I appreciate your unending curiosity, and your willingness to share!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@Daledavispratt]

I really enjoyed this tour as I love history. Thanks for sharing, Mr. Pete! :-)

[@martinwedgeyt]

I like ALL your videos, so longer the better. Keep up the good work. Thanks M

[@jrkorman]

Lyle, Thanks for the "Extra" on this one! I passed that location quite a number of time in the 1980-90s and wondered about it. Being pre-internet it was much harder to track down information like that than it is now! The stop by the cemetery was nice also, I'm a former scout as well as my son! Stay well sir!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@Zrambo49]

I really enjoy it when you take your little trips. Some of them bring back memories while others I learn a lot. Thank you very much. Also I hate that start stop on my 2019 Ford Ranger. I disable it every time I start up.

[@mrpete222]

👍👍

[@bcbloc02]

I thought for sure you were going to get out there and turn a few laps. :-) I enjoyed the field trip. I always like the somewhat forgotten history. :-)

[@mrpete222]

I went back A week later and thought I would actually drive on it. But the gate was closed and locked

[@fredohnemus7685]

I liked this video and its history. You can do all the road trips you want as far as I'm concerned. Interesting cemetery side line too.

[@turbinematt3646]

Interesting video. I have driven past that many times when I lived in that area. Always knew there had to be a story behind it. Thanks for telling the story!

[@BTimmer]

Thanks for sharing this bit of history. Around 1962, Interstate 5 was built through Seattle. My dad and I would drive over to the route and cut firewood from the trees which were logged off the route. Now some 58 years later, in connection with a light rail expansion, my parents last house was just removed from next to I-5.

[@mrpete222]

Sad

[@jmankamp]

Thank you so much Mr. Pete! I grew up in SW Chicago suburb a few blocks from the Metra Rock Island line with a father who is still a train nut. I now reside in NW Iowa but try to visit my parents once or twice a year and always take I-80 so I know exactly where you were at and the three buildings as well. By the time I get to Illinois it is usually dark so I don't get to see the actual test track. Also, it's great to see the bicycle and walking infrastructure being incorporated into the bridge. I like to go bicycling but haven't for a while. Thanks again! Jeremy

[@mrpete222]

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[@richardsweet7452]

I enjoyed the bit of history. Thanks.

[@richardcurtis556]

I am nearly a life-long resident of Illinois now living in a Chicago suburb. Have driven I-80 many times , most recently to Ottawa. Did not know about his test ground but remember clearly the construction of I-294 past my home town. Thanks for the tour.

[@mrpete222]

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[@kennygee6627]

Great stuff, thanks 👍🏽. I vaguely remember some road test facilities here in Connecticut in the late 60s, early 70s.

[@kw900lkevin]

As a truck owner operator I have traveled past the site hundreds of times appreciate the extra credit information

[@mrpete222]

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[@michaelcerkez3895]

Same here! In the winter up there I chose to keep my eyes on the road, I'm sure you know what I mean.

[@steved8038]

As one of your many British viewers. I love your road trips, please feel free to do as many as you can and want to.Thank you.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@jerrywilson9730]

Thanks for the Boyce clip. Being an Eagle Scout, I found that very interesting. Also I think a cool machine channel sticker would fit right over those pesty warning light on your dash!

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@francispelsor123]

Road trips are always a treat. Thank you.

[@russellmcclenning9607]

Great video Lyle thank you for sharing and thank you for posting about history for the young generation to see

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@cousinit1844]

Enjoyed very much Thanks for showing this.

[@Jim_N]

Very interesting history of road material research & testing...thanks for sharing...👍🏻

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. Always enjoy some history.

[@johnstainton9815]

Thank you much enjoyed. Always interesting to see a different part of the world. Regards from Scotland.. John.

[@mrpete222]

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[@paulhunt598]

Lyle, I enjoyed the trip too. I am interested in similar history as you. I considered the very popular RAV4, but bought the Buick Envision. It was for my wife and both of us didn't like the engine reving sounds of the RAV4. It sounded like it was purposed to be marketed to people that thought they could drive a sports car. We have accepted that we are old people now and can embrace the image of a Grandma (Buick) car. The RAV4 has an extremely high popularity and reputation. The Buick has the same auto engine shut off feature. It startles me virtually every time it operates. My wife laughs that you can repeatedly waste fuel doing the remote start function so the cabin temperature is ideal before you enter the car, but you can't waste fuel at a stop light. We haven't had the Buick long enough for me to figure out the algorithm that decides when the auto engine stop functions. The odometer is still under 500 miles. I also enjoy your rebellious humor jabs at unnecessary government over reach. I was in a public highschool years ago for a movie showing. Some of my children were standing next to the wall mounted defibrillator. I said to them, "Did you know that opening the door sets off a building alarm?", and proceeded to open the door and sound the alarm. I shut the door before the crowd knew what the alarm was, which silenced the battery operated alarm. I routinely used the same trick to inspect the device's battery function status in our plant's device since the inspection light couldn't be seen without opening the door. This saved me packing the alarm defeating key for the 1 second inspection. I knew that the alarm was only local, but my children didn't. I got the desired response. They were certain that the authorities would soon arrive with sirens and great public showmanship.

[@mrpete222]

Sounds like you have a bit of rebellion and you also. Yes, the RAV4 is an excellent car but the engine is noisy

[@billlaird7332]

In the summer of 1958, between my high school graduation and starting college in the fall, I worked a summer job for the US Department of Commerce as an electronic technician. I qualified for the job primarily because I was a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, or HAM, callsign W3CME at the time. I spent the summer at the AASHO test site maintaining the test instrumentation. It was an interesting job and a life learning experience for an 18 year old living on his own for the first time, but that's another story. Thanks, Mr. Pete for the stroll down memory lane.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much for the comment. Interesting to hear from a person that actually worked on the test road.

[@tommyhanlon8012]

Very interesting, Thank You yet again. it is important to document these projects before they're gone.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@4GSR]

I was told by my dad many years ago that the interstate road system implemented by President Eisenhower was designed for military use for moving equipment from coast to coast more than it was for civilian-commercial use. Some of the minimum requirements were, the roads were designed to handle a maximum load limit, and I don't remember that number, a maximum load width and height. All to meet the military requirements needed at the time. This is how Eisenhower got the funding passed by the government back then. And of course, now days, I don't recall it seeing any real military use that I recall. You mentioned them designing the road beds with 14" of concrete. In the last 20 years, I've seen some of the old interstate road beds ripped out and replaced with road beds of concrete nearly 30" thick!!!! Ken

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much for that little lesson. I hope others read it

[@cfishel15]

Thank you, Mr. Pete! I can just imagine Tod and Buzz driving by that test road in their ‘59 Corvette while filming the old Route 66 TV show!

[@mrpete222]

Yes, but they were on Route $.66

[@michaelcerkez3895]

Good one but then again we're showing our age!

[@mrpete222]

I still get my kicks on route 66

[@brucekiszely2995]

Most of our state and government officials act like " AASHO's”, believe you me, I'm from Michigan!! 👍🇱🇷 Thanks again Mr Pete

[@ohmbug10]

😂🤣😂🤣😂 Thank you, I needed that.

[@brucekiszely2995]

@@ohmbug10 LOL, your welcome!!!

[@ohmbug10]

@@brucekiszely2995 I'm from PA and can REALLY have empathy for you folks since our governor is trying to out-fascist your governor. Also, we have a health secretary named Rachel Levine that used to be named Richard.

[@brucekiszely2995]

@@ohmbug10 Wonderful!!!! Sounds like you guys are also in tough shape!!!, Hang in there!!!

[@MrShobar]

The Number One "aasho" is soon to be out of the White House. believe you me.

[@stevenpressley5956]

Awesome 👍 keep the history alive please.. thanks Mr Pete.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@grantkopka9090]

I’m not a machinist, been following for 7 years love your outlook. I did pick up a atlas lathe last year

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much for following me

[@German_MDS]

Nice video Mr. Pete. I really like this kind of content. Keep em coming!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Enjoyed the road trip. That old road bed looks like the current state of the roads here in California, since they've squandered most of the highway funds for other purposes.. Thanks Lyle !

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@donjulian6485]

Enjoy historical and antique machinery videos! Great compliment to shop and tool series. Thank you!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@trackjosh]

Pete we sold our old house in Chicago and moved to Lombard,Il. Pretty neat old suburb it has two old rail lines that were turned into walking/biking paths, pretty nice to use. I can get on it at the end of my block and go all the way to the fox river and go north to Wisconsin or south to near Aurora.

[@mrpete222]

I would like to ride the trail

[@Radiotexas]

Interesting. Thanks! Once upon a time those silica hoppers went to the big Owens-Illinois plant in Streator to be made into glass bottles! Maybe still do. Haven't been there in years. One of my model railroad buddies has a huge model of that plant on his layout.

[@mrpete222]

Now all of the silica comes to town and semi hopper trucks. Thatcher glass is long gone. Owens Still operates. Mainly whiskey and beer bottles. Not many employees, but a highly automated factory

[@E-Glide]

Great video, Mr. Pete. How about an extra credit trip to the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center

[@mrpete222]

I was there and a real old video about watching Eagles

[@briankirton9636]

I live in Salt Lake City, Utah and I-80 passes right through. Neat to see some history of an interstate that i have driven on daily my whole life.

[@mrpete222]

👍👍👍

[@not2fast4u2c]

I always enjoy road trips. Go somewhere just to see the scenery... When I was a kid and as a teenager I was always ready to get in a car a go any where..Today's generation is different now

[@mrpete222]

Me too, I My dad would say let’s take a little ride. I would be the first one in the Plymouth

[@pjseiber2774]

Very interesting. I love a good blast from the past.

[@tonypike5785]

I found this so very interesting, and went right well with my coffee, thanks Mr. Pete

[@mrpete222]

👍

[@dougvanallen2212]

Mr Pete the history of our country is fascinating there's always something else to learn it's a shame that so many people are ignorant of the history of our great country and want to take down the beautiful statues that remind us of the past Thanks for the history lesson today

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@4SafetyTraining]

Road looks better than some in Michigan

[@materialsguy2002]

This was a fascinating road trip and visit to a historic site. Thanks!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@spencertoolandgrind]

Boyce’s legacy lives on here in Michigan. The dams that broke, Sanford and Edenville are still owned by the Boyce family

[@bradgotschall3259]

Another interesting side trip. I love history and all the rabbit holes it leads to. My parents (teens in 30’s/40’s) used to tell how US 40 through our town was said to never be obsolete when it was opened. Obviously that didn’t last. Now I 70 is choked with traffic through most of Ohio.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@btaylor9937]

Thanks for the field trip and extra credit is always enjoyed.

[@mrpete222]

😀

[@elcheapo5302]

Sadly, that test track is in better shape than most roads in NJ!

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@goptools]

Sad but true. Our tax dollars NOT at work!

[@wmpaulminder5995]

Wonder if the state still check s the last loop to see how it weather's. Good job thanks

[@mrpete222]

Maybe they are still keeping their eye on it?

[@SandBoxJohn]

"Non Destructive Weather Loop" Me thinks that loop was build to test the effect of freeze thaw of various pavement types under no traffic load against another loop that was tested with traffic loads.

[@PackratsFabrications]

I agree. I assume that's why there's no large loop on each end like all of the others, because trucks weren't on that one. Also the screenshot from the website shown at 18:50 refers to it as the environmental section in the 2nd bullet point. ("Environmental section still exists").

[@luisgaray2550]

I personally enjoyed your field trip on history and your commentary. Keep them coming!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@200932me]

Mr Pete our roving substitute history teacher. 👍

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@skeezie5971]

I absolutely agree with you about the start/stop feature on new cars and pickups. I also agree with you on the things "they say that you can't say" about politics. I am a resident of the (what used to be) great state of Oregon. I am your age, but if I were a younger man I would be gone from here in the blink of an eye. Born and raised here and this state has most always been run by Dems. Never by such a vicious Democrat as we currently have. Why things like are going on in Portland are allowed is way beyond me. I could rant with you for hours and it would be a blast. Keep up the good work my friend. As many of your commenters have said before, you are a national treasure. Thank you so much.

[@ericcorse]

Most interesting thanks for posting.

[@leeroyholloway4277]

Very interesting. It appears in the satellite photo that part of one of the larger tracks (loop 5) still remains North / Northwest of the oval that you walked on. The looping curve is someone's access/farm road or driveway. In the plot drawing, the 1 & 2 tracks (1 being the one you are on) are nested South under loop 5. Abandoned sights are almost like time traveling. Thanks for sharing. I edited this post after further study..

[@MaturePatriot]

I remember when the interstate system came through our county in the very early '60s. The story of the Eisenhower Interstate System is interesting, especially why there are so many straight and level sections.

[@TBizzell68]

Is there any barge traffic on the Illinois river? That would be an interesting field trip

[@SuperBowser87]

Very interesting!! Thanks teacher

[@bestfriendhank1424]

I shared this video with mom Mr. Pete. She said she shared it with a bunch of her friends. Frac sand is still alive up here in parts of Wisconsin. A shell of its former self though. As you were traveling over the new river bridge, I got to thinking that you should try and do some videos on the older railroad swing/lift bridges down your way.

[@mrpete222]

👍

[@bestfriendhank1424]

@@mrpete222 I know there is a website that has pictures and information on railroad bridges. It would be cool to have you talk about the type of steel and or iron used, the types fasteners, how they were built, and of course the internal workings of them. I had looked online after I saw your RI Arsenal video about the swing bridge in RI. Pretty darn neat and pretty Americana

[@longcaster]

Mr. Pete, Here is a story for you. In McLean VA in 1971 or 2 is a road called Old Chain Bridge Road. This is the road Edward (Ted) Kennedy lived. The place is called Hickory Hill. A couple of houses south of there is a house I wired with the electrician Roy Ball. The guy who owned the house was a high ranked scientist at the Federal Highway Administration, in a building the next property west of the CIA. Anyway, this was a contemporary style house. The front porch area was a big slab of concrete. It was made to hold a granite slab, it was a graded slab of granite black as night and like 8' by 14' and 12-16inches thick. They laid that slab perfectly level, just like it was going to be an instrument table. The porch was on the north side and never got sunlight. So stuff like rain stayed on it , it was like it's own climate, water did not evaporate, when it was freezing glare ice would form from dew. This slab was slippery when wet. you could not walk on it was wet. My work ended there before a solution was made to be able to walk on that slab. And I am not the sharpest tool in the box but I know there should be a way for water to run off, they didn't even think about it until the owner slipped as well the architect and lead carpenter, oopsy. As a side note in the late '60's the small farm next to our house kept Caroline Kennedy's (daughter of John F-. President) Donkey. So I bragged I got to brush Caroline's ass and pull on her mane.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much, that was an interesting story. They didn’t understand slope or pitch. Hilarious story about Caroline. I always thought she had a pony

[@longcaster]

@@mrpete222 She did, they kept that in Hickory Hill. Her ass had to be kept 12 miles away.

[@harryhopkins7798]

Love the historical videos!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, more to come. But I am very discouraged at the low number of viewers

[@VladekR]

I did travel with you all along (virtually on Google Maps) and enjoyed a lot 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@phooesnax]

Thank You Mr Pete. Interesting Jim

[@CRUZER1800]

Love the history of these places. Keep up the good work. Russ

[@mrpete222]

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[@jeremyperala839]

"What did you do in the Army grampa?" "I drove a semi truck in endless loops in Illinois."

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@nelsonmachineshop2032]

Mr. Pete was the test road made of concrete, or asphalt . Thanks for showing.

[@mrpete222]

Concrete

[@nerknerk88]

Thank you for that. This is quite a man piece of history.

[@keithpattison6763]

I enjoyed the trip Lyle, looked a bit like the roads we traveled on during our trip to the US in 2009. I was surprised by the concrete roads as highways, we don't have many here in Australia. We went through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Washington DC ,over a period of 3 weeks. Had a hard time getting used to sitting in the wrong side of the car, driving on the wrong side of the road. At my age, on a pension, I do not see my self buying a new car. If I did, I would not buy one with the stop/start function, although a retired mechanic freind tells me that they are the bee's knees. I would prefer to go back to a car with pushrod overhead valves, a carburetor and distributor, perhaps I will get an old one and restore it.

[@mrpete222]

I agree

[@johnmortland1558]

I appreciate the history lesson. I was thinking that at one time I knew of some guys that drove that loop and said it was pretty boring work.

[@mrpete222]

Good morning John. As usual, I am disappointed with the number of views. But I would have been shocked if it was a large number. I was debating on making a short video on the dew line Training station. Also on the cherry mine disaster and the radium girls. Lots of ideas, but I think I am wasting my time on that type of video

[@dannyl2598]

Thanks Mr Pete. That's pretty neat. About the annoying messages on the dash, when I took my truck to get it inspected and there was a light on, the inspector said you should have covered it up with a cute picture of your grand baby like everyone else dose. Just saying....

[@mrpete222]

lol