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[swiftsdaily13]

Taylor Swift is the First Global Record Store Day Ambassador

Taylor Swift has been tapped as the first-ever global ambassador for Record Store Day. In an announcement, the RSD braintrust wrote, “RSD AMBASSADOR (Taylor’s Version).”

“I’m very proud to be this year’s Ambassador for Record Store Day,” Swift said. “The places where we go to browse and explore and discover music new and old have always been sacred to me. Record stores are so important because they help to perpetuate and foster music-loving as a passion. They create settings for live events. They employ people who adore music thoroughly and purely. Those people and shops have had a rough few years and we need to support these small businesses more now than ever to make sure they can stay alive, stay eccentric, and stay individual. It’s been a true joy for me to watch vinyl sales grow in the past few years and we, the artists, have the fans to thank for this pleasant surprise. Happy Record Store Day, everyone! Stay safe out there.”

[railwayhistorical]

Idling Alligator

Here we see a former Santa Fe Alco RSD15; I believe it was owned by the Squaw Creek Coal Company at the time I ran across it. I have some history of this very distinctive unit here...

9842 RSD15, was built by Alco in June 1960, #83578, as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 842. It was renumbered 9842 Class 9800, in 1970, and sold to Precision National Corp in 1975. They sold it to Squaw Creek Coal Company as 9842 in 1975. It later became Peabody Coal Company 9842 and then was sold to Indiana Hi-Rail as 9842 in 1988. It was soon renumbered 442. It was sold to Austin & Texas Central as 442 in 2000 (source).

I’m not sure where I was when I saw this locomotive: Boonville or Yankeetown, Indiana, perhaps. [Someone of FB has since told me this is two or three miles north of Boonville.]

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken November 1977.

[thefakeray]

In Vaughn, NM for 5 minutes in 1962 -- 3 Photos by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: On family vacation to visit relatives in Arizona, following Route 66 from Chicago on July 15, 1962, I was allowed about 5 minutes. Nothing moving. Three locomotives to photograph. I was not smart enough to photograph the Harvey House a part of which, boarded up, can be seen in the first photo. Photo 2. AT&SF RSD15 841 built May 1960 and retired Jan. 1975. Exists today at the Illinois Railway Museum but displayed as GBW 2407 which it was for a short period circa 1990. My first alligator. Enjoy my 5 minutes.

[thefakeray]

ATSF 9836 in April 1972 - Roger Puta's My Santa Fe Program February 22, 1986 by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: A Roger Puta Photograph

[thefakeray]

Familiar Faces by Joe McMillan Via Flickr: Locomotive line up on the servicing tracks, Clovis, New Mexico, May 1964. Right to left: SD24, Alco PA, Alco RSD-15, and F7A. Photo by Joe McMillan.

[marcmadej]

Monday afternoon run! #rsd15 #day15 #dailyrun #runstreak #3rdstreak #fvrj #foxvalleyrunjunkees #runjunkees #dedicatedtochad #rip #godspeed #blessed #harvestnewbeginnings #happyplace #yorkville #grace #heartlandcircle #newday #dailygrind #startover #dailyrunpic #newtrails #neverstop #refocused #believer Perfect run weather! #healthylifestyle #guesswhoisback #goodr #brooksrunning (at Heartland in Yorkville) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl0CzssOjdGcUv8RHU6CG8-6P0ABKufAh_S3sU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vinyldaily]

Florence And The Machine - What Kind Of Man

UK Record Store Day Release - 18th of April 2015

Limited to 1,500 pressings.

Heavyweight blue vinyl.

[preservationofmoments]