Now through December 29 Lucius Beebe (left) and Charles Clegg pose along the tracks of the Southern Pacific narrow gauge in the Owens Valley of California. “With dramatic images and sweeping promotional strategies, Lucius Beebe—joined […]
August 3rd and 4th!!! Here comes our annual celebration of big rigs – of all sizes, for boys and girls – of all ages! Sponsored by Suzanna’s Kitchen of Duluth, GA, it’s a cruise-in show […]
SRM Project Management Report! Park Train engine #902 (upper right) is restored, tested and ready. Its two cars (lower right) are not. 1200 (lower left) is not our car but a reasonable facsimile of what […]
This year National Train Day falls on May 11. The “holiday” was first celebrated in the year 2008 and continues to be celebrated to this day. The celebrations were conceptualized by Amtrak as a way […]
Railroad ballast is a crucial component of the rail transportation system. It is a crushed stone or gravel material that is used to support and level the tracks in a railroad track bed. The primary […]
Knowing the time has not always been as precise of science as it is now. Today, we simply turn on our cell phones, and it automatically tells you the local time. When railroads first arrived […]
Ghost stories are not reserved for Halloween. A few years after the Civil War, railmen on the Western & Atlantic Railroad (W&A) between Chattanooga and North Atlanta reported multiple sightings of Civil War soldiers and […]
George Mortimer Pullman was born in Brocton, New York on March 3, 1841. He is best known for his invention of luxury travel. He passed away on October 19, 1897 – 125 years ago today. […]
Train wheels are often overlooked as an amazing modern invention. Unlike the wheels on cars and other vehicles, train wheels have to keep the train on the tracks, and they have to go around corners […]
While enjoying a day off from school or work this Labor Day, be sure to take a moment and reflect on the circumstances that brought the holiday to the U.S. The Pullman Railway Strike of […]
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