{"id":9520,"date":"2022-01-02T20:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T04:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=9520"},"modified":"2022-01-02T20:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T04:03:50","slug":"history-grandpas-railroad-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2022\/01\/02\/history-grandpas-railroad-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroading Across Time: Sharing Grandpa&#8217;s Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the real highlights of our trip to Big G was seeing Grandpa Nack pass a piece of family railroading heritage on to Henry. His grandfather from Ireland has emigrated to New York state &amp; become an engineer (on the NY Central RR, we think), and during summer visits he&#8217;d call my dad &#8220;Seamus&#8221; (Irish for James). Happily, the beautiful gold watch he received upon his retirement made its way to my dad, and it&#8217;s now in the very appreciative hands of one Henry Seamus. &#x1f970; Here&#8217;s a little <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/kjkGC1RFxV2qCyLj9\">gallery<\/a> showing the passing of this cherished torch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/kjkGC1RFxV2qCyLj9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-3-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-3-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-3-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-3-768x460.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-8-750x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9526\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-8.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?attachment_id=9526\" class=\"wp-image-9526\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-8-750x1024.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-8-220x300.jpg 220w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-8-768x1048.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-8-1125x1536.jpg 1125w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-9-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9527\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-9.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?attachment_id=9527\" class=\"wp-image-9527\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-9-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-9-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-9-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-9-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Watch-9.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the real highlights of our trip to Big G was seeing Grandpa Nack pass a piece of family railroading heritage on to Henry. 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