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Presidential Trains
Celebrate President’s Day this weekend with a visit to the Southeastern Railway Museum where you can see two of these presidential trains. You can walk in the steps of President Harding on the Superb and […]
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Black History Month: Granville T. Woods
Over the years, the railroads have benefited from a diverse workforce. Most people think of the Transcontinental Railroad as the most varied workgroup with Asians, primarily Chinese, providing the labor to build the railroad in […]
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Black History Month: Andrew J. Beard
Over the years, the railroads have benefited from a diverse workforce. Most people think of the Transcontinental Railroad as the most varied workgroup with Asians, primarily Chinese, providing the labor to build the railroad in […]
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The Marco Polo: FDR’s Transportation of Choice
We are all used to hearing about Air Force One, the name of the plane that the U.S. president is flying on. However, before air travel was easy, U.S. presidents traveled on U.S. Train Car […]
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The Marco Polo Has Arrived at the Southeastern Railway Museum
Norfolk Southern delivered the historic Marco Polo Pullman car to the Southeastern Railway Museum. […]
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Norfolk Southern gifting historic Marco Polo railcar to Southeastern Railway Museum
Norfolk Southern Corporation is gifting the historic Marco Polo rail car, a car President Franklin D. Roosevelt used while in office, to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia. The Pullman Company built the Marco […]
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An update on the Park Train Project
We had an exciting work session. While the heart/engine (affectionately dubbed Christine) is well on its way to reassembly and recovery, we took the opportunity to do a locomotive tire rotation, essentially. After doing this, […]
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Vintage park train undergoes a complete engine overhaul
The Southeastern Railway Museum has removed its 1957 vintage park train from service as its primary operating locomotive’s engine undergoes a complete engine overhaul. The museum shipped the historic locomotive engine to Industrial Engine Rebuilders in […]
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Historic Pullman car reopens at Southeastern Railway Museum following interior renovation
The Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth has reopened a historic Pullman car that transported the body of President Warren G. Harding after he died in 1923 following an interior renovation. […]
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Did you know? The Great Locomotive Chase
On April 12, 1862, during the Civil War, Union spies led by James J. Andrews stole a locomotive (the General) from Big Shanty, Ga. […]