Plowing snirt in Nebraska
The year was 1978, and I was an assistant roadmaster for the Burlington Northern out of Lincoln, Neb. Through…
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I became a railfan at age three, near the end of World War II. Awaiting the return of my…
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France’s 1949 Merci Train left a legacy of European rail equipment displays throughout the U.S. During the period…
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It could have been a Trains News Wire headline: “Reading switcher shoves frozen Doodlebug.” You won’t believe the story. I…
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Railroading and the 1967 Chicago snow storm: My week off, and a visit home to the Detroit area, had been…
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I never met David “Dave” A. Fink, but I felt his presence for a while in the late 1990s. The…
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I was able to secure part time employment with the railroad mail service on the Burlington during the mid-1950s. This…
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Although I’ve never been great with a camera, I’ve enjoyed a life immersed in railroad photography, thanks to my…
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A childhood memory led me to chasing 1940s Union Pacific steam locomotives around Omaha has a teen. That story had…
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I still remember riding trains in the 1940s. During my pre-school and primary school days we lived on the…
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Anyone who spent much time at all as an “excepted” (non-union) employee could expect, sooner or later, to be required…
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Mountain railroading always gave the opportunity for a runaway train. In 1949, I was working out of the small town…
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