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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.…
Read moreLucius Beebe-David Morgan correspondence project Between 1961 and 1966, prolific railroad book author Lucius Beebe and Trains editor David P.…
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In 1981, I was Director, Freight Car Engineering, for Berwick Forge & Fabricating, a railcar manufacturer. The company decided to…
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In the late 1960s and in to the ’70s, I had numerous rides on Toledo, Peoria & Western freight trains…
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On August 4, 1957, the Pennsylvania Railroad dispatched an eight-car train of MP54 multiple-unit cars from Penn Station, New York.…
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It was a warm, sunny day in May 1942. I was a stenographer-clerk in Missouri Pacific’s Traffic Department at…
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SEPTEMBER 24, 1961 with response by Morgan OCTOBER 4, 1961 This exchange includes a letter from noted author, railfan, and…
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By the mid-1960s, the appearance of F units on freights along Union Pacific’s main line through southern Wyoming was…
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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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Throughout the 1960s, my grandfather owned a filling station in the tiny town of Lanagan, south of Joplin in the…
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Santa Fe No. M-190 was possibly the most unusual gas-electric car ever manufactured. Measuring 90 feet long, it consisted of…
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Around 1940, give or take a little, I was firing Southern Railway Ps-4 Pacifics heading the eastern leg of the…
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Third trick — the midnight to 8 a.m. shift — could be a long, quiet time for railroad telegraph operators.…
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