A brief encounter with Northwestern Pacific
More than a few times, photographs in the Kalmbach library have sent me searching for railroads and places I’ve never…
Read moreMore than a few times, photographs in the Kalmbach library have sent me searching for railroads and places I’ve never…
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I’m not holding my breath, but the Federal Railroad Administration late last year released a long list of routes chosen…
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Readers of the Mileposts blog hardly need be sold on the close connections between the holiday season and trains, especially…
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I don’t keep bucket lists, but one thing I’d been hoping to visit one day was the famed Oyster Bar,…
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Ask anyone who covers railroads for a living and they’ll tell you — if they are honest — they couldn’t…
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Driving south recently on Interstate 75, nearing the Kentucky/Tennessee line, an upcoming offramp caught my eye, causing me to make…
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Does the world need another book about the Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge? Someone might reasonably…
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When I began writing this Mileposts blog seven years ago, I told myself to avoid saying much about my…
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Asked who my main influence has been as a writer, my reflexive answer is always “David P. Morgan.” The great…
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I suspect most writers like me live and die with Google. I’ve come to depend on its online search capabilities…
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Even as he handed it to me the other night at a Milwaukee slide show, I couldn’t quite believe what…
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Just when you think recent progress in railroad preservation can’t get any better — I’m thinking here of everything…
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