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I'd like to live inside this Caboose if I was small enough! "Cabooses were once used on nearly every freight train. Until the 1980s, laws in the United States and Canada required all freight trains to have a caboose and a full crew, for safety." Riding the rails on the Redwood Valley Steam Trains *est. 1952 - Jon Hammond http://hammondcast.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/hammondcast-number-1-jons-journal-november-24-2012/ Tilden Park Berkeley California — Happy 60th Anniversary to my friends at Redwood Valley Railway! (Real Steam Trains!) – A 5 inch scale, 15 inch gauge steam railway based on narrow gauge railroads of the late 1800s located in Berkeley, California. – Jon Hammond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwood_Valley_Railway The Redwood Valley Railway is a ridable miniature railroad in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, California. It was established in 1952 by Erich Thomsen, and has expanded to 1.25 miles of track and over 160,000 passengers a year. The railroad uses 5″ scale model live steam locomotives on a 15 in (381 mm) narrow gauge track. Locomotives The Number 2- An 0-4-0 Gasoline-Hydraulic locomotive “Juniper” The Number 4- A 2-4-2 Columbia “Laurel” The Number 5- A 4-4-0 American “Fern” The Number 7- A 2-6-2 Prairie “Oak” The Number 11- A 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler “Sequoia” Rolling stock The Redwood Valley Railway maintains a dozen or so wooden gondolas, built similar to those found on 36″ narrow-gauge lines in the American West. The gondolas, equipped with seating for up to eight adults, are the mainstay passenger rolling stock for this operation. The RVRY also owns three stock cars which have been specifically built to carry passengers as well. These are often favorites with small children, although a full-sized adult can comfortably fit inside. Other equipment includes a boxcar, extra convertible gondolas, which can either haul passengers or satisfy M.O.W. needs. The RVRy. owns numerous four-wheel maintenance-of-way cars known as “jimmies”, which have specialized uses such as welding, tie replacement, or carrying ballast. The RVRy. also rosters a single flatcar, built as a high school shop project by one of the crew in the 1970s. This rugged flatcar has seen thousands of uses, and is one of the most versatile cars on the railroad. Unique among the roster of cars is a coal gondola, once used to carry extra coal for the #4. Coal was used up until the mid-1970s when the #4 was converted to fuel oil. The coal gondola, with its higher sides, is infrequently used. It currently carries a few dozen metal folding chairs for the annual meet. A favorite with both young and old is the caboose. Based on a D&RGW 36″ gauge prototype, this “short” center cupola caboose has graced the end of most revenue trains for over 30 years. [edit]Future Projects Parts for a 2-4-4 Forney and a 2-6-0 exist, but currently remain unassembled. Plans for a second caboose and a lavish, scale (down to the furniture, wallpaper, and bar with tiny glasses) business car are in the works. As of mid-2010 the boiler for the #13, the aforementioned 2-6-0 has been manufactured. Not to be confused with a visiting GSP&P #13 from the Glenwood Southpark and Pacific. The #9, a brand-new diesel-hydraulic switching locomotive is in the planning and development stages and should look somewhat similar to the temperamental but faithful #2. The #9 will have a diesel engine instead of a gasoline engine, and will be built as a heavier and more powerful two-axle diesel locomotive, similar to <25ton American industrial locomotives like those found on narrow gauge operations around the country. Former Locomotives and Rolling Stock The Number 1 "Cricket" a 12" gauge steam locomotive along with a few 12" gauge cars were sold to the Folsom Valley Ry. in Folsom Ca. — at Redwood Valley Railroad Steam Trains In Tilden Park Jon Hammond warming up the organ on the bandstand at 802 Musicians Union Club Room Previous session with Richard Clements and Rudy Lawless http://youtu.be/XXpkFBd2pSc Early bird gets the worm...and the second mouse gets the cheese! http://www.HammondCast.com/ — at Associated Musicians of Greater New York — at Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM Local 802 Early Bird Session - just about to hit, Jon Hammond's organ on the bandstand at 802 Musicians Union Club Room Flight 214 burnt out fuselage of the Boeing 777 - as of yesterday I could see it still there at SFO just beyond Runway 28L - Jon Hammond *my report when I was on-the-scene when it happened July 6, 2013: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1001238 Boeing 777 Airliner Crash SFO! Breaking News from Jon Hammond on-the-scene: Airliner Crash SFO! Breaking News from Jon Hammond on-the-scene *Images from Jon Hammond just 30 minutes ago: Airliner Crash SFO! Breaking News from Jon Hammond on-the-scene: Flight 214 Asiana Airlines arriving SFO from SEL has crashed - I shot this photo from West Field of SFO near US Post Office facility and Catering - heavy smoke - aircraft separated at tail - amazing the Captain managed to get it in and on to tarmac as I'm hearing it was in trouble on the way in. Many passengers seen leaving aircraft - information still sketchy, this report just came in 3 minutes ago - I shot this photo 20-30 minutes ago - JH *Note: I first heard 191 passengers onboard - now I just heard from an employee - 291 passengers and crew - JH http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2013/07/06/airline-crash-san-francisco/2495099/ FAA: Asiana Airlines flight crash lands at San Francisco airport *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Warwick Booth Sessions Summer NAMM Nashville Jon Hammond Jon's archive http://archive.org/details/JonHammondWarwickBoothSessionsSummerNAMMNashvilleJonHammond This video is about Warwick Booth Sessions Summer NAMM Nashville Jon Hammond and Joe Berger "The Warwick Booth Sessions" WARWICK GMBH & CO. MUSIC EQUIPMENT KG Booth #1144 with Joe Berger (playing the Jerry Garcia Special model from EKO Guitars) and Jon Hammond (Sk1 combo Hammond Organ) at Nashville Summer NAMM Show smack dab in the middle of the NAMM Exhibits Floor - The Sound Police Love Us - because we rock out at low trade show sound levels and don't disturb the other nearby booths - that's the Community Spirit we always adhere to as old NAMM'ers don't ya' know - special thanks to Hans-Peter Wilfer, & Bob and the crew at Warwick & Framus - and John the Floor Manager in charge of Sound Control - JH — with Joe Berger at Nashville Music City Center - http://www.HammondCast.com/ Youtube http://youtu.be/pyPG240nlh8 Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/warwick-booth-sessions-summer-namm-nashville-jon-hammond-6618608 Vimeo http://vimeo.com/70724725 Framus Vintage http://www.framus-vintage.de/ "Hans-Peter Wilfer followed in his fathe´s footsteps and founded Warwick in Eggolsheim in 1982 at the age of 24. After the German reunification he relocated the company"s headquarters to Markneukirchen in the Vogtland region in 1994. He then started an endeavor to bring new life to his father´s lifework - Fred Wilfer had bought back the apparently worthless trademark rights from the liquidator and gave them as a present to his son shortly before his death. An appreciation for Fred Wilfer´s merits was missing so far. The history and development after the Second World War was fascinating the historian Dr. Christian Hoyer who tried to find out more on the history of the resettlement of the Schoenbach violin-makers. Meanwhile the public interest in the Framus brand had risen and old Framus instruments, due to their high realizable value and their remarkable sound properties, were partly sold to considerable prices in the vintage market. Reason enough for Hans-Peter Wilfer to support Hoyer´s research. So, historian Dr. Christian Hoyer was engaged to conduct research in relation to the Framus subject. Wilfer and Hoyer had a meeting in 2001. As a consequence Warwick has endorsed Hoyer´s search for evidence about the past manufacturing in Bubenreuth, something that has taken him already all around the world. Definitely not an easy undertaking, because the company´s archives don´t exist anymore since the liquidation. This endeavor turned into a bigger challenge: ads were placed that stated the need for information and witnesses of that time. Warwick then allocated the necessary funds to buy up old and interesting instrument in order to gain an overview of the company´s manufacturing. But many people helped in the process of filling in the gaps: former co-workers, musicians and endorsers involved with the company, music-loving collectors and many others. This labored and intense phase also included looking in the archives of states, courts, associations and organizations. Even guitarist and former endorser Billy Lorento, who nowadays works as a consultant - under the name Bill Lawrence - for the Fender® Corporation and enjoys his high profile as "King Of Pickups", contributed his part to the story. When a collection of instruments and documents was finally achieved, it was too hard to deny this knowledge to the public: It was decided that a book be made about Fred Wilfer and the Framus company and that the aforementioned collection was to be displayed and open to the public in a museum dedicated to the history of the Framus factory. The history project of the Warwick company that Hans-Peter Wilfer started in order to revive the Framus brand now reaches the culmination of all the efforts with the opening of the Framus Museum and the publication of a book on the history of Framus in the summer of 2007. " Great to see KSAN Radio Broadcasting Alums including Bonnie Simmons today at CHRS' annual fundraiser event "Radio Day by The Bay" from the ultra-hip FM station founded by the late great Big Daddy Tom Donahue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSAN_(FM) Jon Hammond *Excerpt from Wikipedia: "On May 21, 1968, the call letters changed from KSFR to KSAN and the format switched to album-oriented rock music. Metromedia transferred call sign KSAN from its TV station, which it renamed KNEW-TV. (Today there is a National Public Radio station in Santa Fe, New Mexico using the KSFR call letters.)[1] The timing of the change from KSFR to KSAN was triggered by an event at another station. On March 18, 1968 KMPX program director Tom Donahue turned in his resignation after a series of conflicts with station management. This led directly to a strike by many Donahue-loyal KMPX staff members. They began picketing outside the station's offices, and were soon supported in their efforts by popular bands such as the Grateful Dead and Blue Cheer, as well as the station's devoted listeners. The staff at sister station KPPC-FM in Pasadena walked out the next day. KMPX and KPPC owner Leon Crosby refused to cave in to his striking staff, and brought in replacements at both stations to continue the progressive rock format. Several popular rock bands — including The Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead — insisted that the station not play their music, in a show of support to the picketers. The eight-week strike ended on May 13, with no resolution between the former staffers and Crosby. (And with some claiming it was all just an elaborate publicity stunt.) KMPX continued with the same format, but the controversy opened the eyes of larger broadcasting companies to the potential for rock and roll on FM. Seeing an opportunity to jump into a hot new radio format against a smaller company, Metromedia decided to switch the format of KSAN from classical music to freeform rock, and hired Donahue and most of the displaced KMPX staffers, who started at the station on May 21. Metromedia also hired the former KPPC staffers to work at KMET in Los Angeles, which made a similar format switch. Donahue eventually became general manager of KSAN, while also programming consulting for sister station KMET.[2] KSAN became a groundbreaking and legendary rock station, influencing other stations across the country. On December 7, 1969, KSAN broadcast a show discussing what had just happened the night before at the free Rolling Stones performance at Altamont Raceway. Hosted by Stefan Ponek, the four-hour show fielded calls from a range of people who attended the event and a few who helped organize it, including Rolling Stones personnel and members of the Hells Angels. This broadcast is extensively documented in the 2000 Criterion DVD release of Gimme Shelter, the result of a restoration effort that included the filmmakers. In the early 1970s, the station rose to number one in the 18-34 demographic,[3] developing a devoted cult following that lasted for many years.[4] During its heyday, KSAN had maintained a strong counterculture reputation. News reports often contained political commentary, with stories about the Vietnam War, the Nixon Administration, growing marijuana and drugs.[5] When the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst, they used KSAN to communicate their message and demands, via cassette tapes.[6] The station enlisted the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during this ordeal, as they became an unwilling go-between in the Hearst kidnapping. On April 28, 1975, Tom Donahue died from a heart attack. A sampling of Tom Donahue on KSAN during the late 1960s can be heard on "The Golden Age Of Underground Radio" compilation." — with The Bonnie Simmons Show Great to see my long-time friend Dr. Eugene L. Schoenfeld aka Dear Dr. Hippocrates / Dr. Hip today at annual "Radio Day by The Bay" fundraiser for CHRS - California Historical Radio Society - 2 rows back from Ben Fong-Torres - San Francisco radio heavyweights in the house! - Jon Hammond - at Radio KRE / KVTO — with Ben Fong-Torres and Eugene L. Schoenfeld KLH Model Eight vacuum tube FM radio with matched dual-driver external speaker - designed by Henry Kloss - Jon Hammond (rear view) I picked up a nice Sears Silvertone AM FM table radio at Radio Day by The Bay annual fundraiser for CHRS / California Historical Radio Society - Jon Hammond Radio Day by The Bay (on now) Radio Platoon on the scene with some serious Military radio hardware for field broadcasting - Jon Hammond - annual fundraising event for CHRS - California Historical Radio Society Cheryl Jennings ABC7/KGO TV SF News Anchor with Ben Fong-Torres in the original studio control room of KRE Radio, restored just as it appeared in the George Lucas classic movie American Graffiti (1973) - Wolfman Jack appeared there in the movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith - interview for CHRS - California Historical Radio Society happening now - Jon Hammond — with Cheryl Jennings, Ben Fong-Torres and Wolfman Jack *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Summer NAMM Show Nashville The Booth Sessions at Hammond Suzuki USA Stand 1012 Jon's archive http://archive.org/details/JonHammondSummerNAMMShowNashvilleTheBoothSessionsatHammondSuzukiUSAStand1012/ L to R: Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond Sk1 organ, Roland Barber trombone - at Hammond Suzuki USA booth #1012 - Summer NAMM Show This video is at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville Tennessee - The Booth Sessions in Hammond Suzuki USA Booth #1012 "Lydia's Tune" by Jon Hammond (at the Sk1 Hammond organ) with Joe Berger guitar, special guest Roland Barber (trombone), thanks for sitting in with us Roland! http://www.HammondCast.com/ — with Roland Barber and Joe Berger at Nashville Music City Center Youtube http://youtu.be/ESA-E3_yFtA Welcoming remarks at grand opening party were made by Joe Lamond President CEO of NAMM Summer NAMM Nashville Wrap Up Jon Hammond's first blast after returning to Summer NAMM Show in the brand-new Music City Center convention facility Downtown Nashville. A taste from the grand opening party presented by NAMM President CEO Joe Lamond the night before July 10th with very special guest Billy Cox and The Band of Gypsys Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. On Day 1 of 3 day show, Jon Hammond solo organ performance on the NAMM Stage in the massive lobby of Music City Center Jon's song "Get Back in The Groove" with pictures of artist friends during intro of America The Beautiful, many great players attended and jammed including studio drummer Bernard Purdie reuniting with long time friends The Delgado Brothers jamming first thing 2nd morning on lobby stage on Delgados' song "Man Without A Plan" - images throughout this clip group shots with Delgado Family, Jon Hammond played first time with one of the great Barber Brothers - Roland Barber trombone along with Joe Berger guitar Solo Organ, NAMM Show, Nashville, Sk1, XK-1c, Jon Hammond, Asiana Flight 214, SFO Airport, Music City Center, Jazz, Soul Music, Blues, Funky, Local 802, Musicians Union