{"id":2216,"date":"2008-12-12T18:47:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T23:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2020-12-25T19:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T00:52:51","slug":"bbc-container-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/12\/12\/bbc-container-project\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Container Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/tBBC_box.jpg\" alt=\"The BBC Box passing through Glendon, PA.  Click on the photo to visit the full size.  Photo taken from: https:\/\/www.rrpicturearchives.net\/showPicture.aspx?id=1420278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my interests is railroading. \u00c2\u00a0There&#8217;s something about standing trackside as a heavy freight goes thundering by &#8211; the noise, the vibrations, the smell of diesel fumes, the rush! \u00c2\u00a0The BBC has an interesting project underway. \u00c2\u00a0They have equiped a 48 foot container with GPS and are follwing the container around the world for a year. \u00c2\u00a0Thus far, the container began its current journey in the UK and has been in China and is currently in the USA. \u00c2\u00a0The reason for me mentioning this, is that the container moved through Northern Indiana this past Monday on the former New York Central Railroad lines which are currently operated by Norfolk Southern Railroad. \u00c2\u00a0It was in Elkhart at 1:44 pm Monday. \u00c2\u00a0If you would like, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/in_depth\/629\/629\/7600053.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News website<\/a> for details including an interactive map and frequent reports of the container&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<p>The above photo taken from,\u00c2\u00a0https:\/\/www.rrpicturearchives.net\/showPicture.aspx?id=1420278.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my interests is railroading. \u00c2\u00a0There&#8217;s something about standing trackside as a heavy freight goes thundering by &#8211; the noise, the vibrations, the smell of diesel fumes, the rush! \u00c2\u00a0The BBC has an interesting project underway. \u00c2\u00a0They have equiped a 48 foot container with GPS and are follwing the container around the world for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[829,211],"class_list":["post-2216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harrison-square-news","tag-bbc-news","tag-ns-norfolk-southern-railway"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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