Life of a railroad tower operator
I was working as a relief railroad tower operator on the Lehigh Valley in the late steam era. It was…
Read moreI was working as a relief railroad tower operator on the Lehigh Valley in the late steam era. It was…
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Major railroad labor disputes haunted the nation during the latter part of the 19th century, highlighted by the “Great Railroad…
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Pennsy Santa train ride: There is an indelible link between kids, trains, and Christmas; even the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad found…
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Rock Island perishable traffic: One thing you learn quickly as a new railroad employee is that if you can hold…
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Working as a railroad fireman: It was the end of summer. Billy, Wimpy, and I had finished cleaning up…
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1950s EMD customer relations: At the height of dieselization circa 1950, the volume of orders pouring into Electro-Motive Division was…
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I’d been hired as second-shift railroad station agent at Channing, Mich., for the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad in June…
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The Golden Spike Centennial Limited was born, in promoter Ross Rowland Jr.’s mind, as a reaction to the Association of…
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Nickel Plate 535 and 555 make a persuasive case for the RS3 as they accelerate east at Malinta, Ohio, in…
Read moreThanksgiving in Toronto was about to begin. Shortly before noon, two teenagers swung down from the Pacific’s cab. Just as…
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My father was a closet railfan. He didn’t hang around the tracks or take pictures of trains. On the other…
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Lucius Beebe-David Morgan correspondence project Between 1961 and 1966, prolific railroad book author Lucius Beebe and Trains editor David P.…
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