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National Train Day – 11 May, 2024
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 […]
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Speeders, Motorcars, and Hi-Rails…Oh My!
The evolution of railroad speeder cars, also known as track maintenance cars or speeder trucks, has been a gradual process over the past century. These small, lightweight vehicles were originally designed to be used by […]
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Park Train: Back & Better Than Ever
Just in time for the beautiful weather we are experiencing, the much loved Park Train is back in operation! This is 100% due to the hard work of our dedicated volunteers! You can help too […]
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Black History Month: Pullman Porters
The Pullman porters were some of the first African American men to have the opportunity to work in professional, well-paying jobs after the Civil War. However, they faced significant discrimination and mistreatment on the job, […]
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All Aboard the Holiday Train…
You know the movies – the ones where children scramble to board a train to the North Pole to see Santa Claus. Or the one where the single adult journeys across the country for Christmas […]
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Riding the Roman Rails…
When you see railroad tracks, do you think of the Ancient Greeks or Romans? Do you think of Romans or Greeks jumping on railcars to get from Point A to Point B? Chances are this […]
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Marta Donates Railcar to the Southeastern Railway Museum
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has donated a railcar from the Authority’s original fleet to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth. The donation of the 42-year old railcar is one of several activities […]
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White House Christmas Ornament – The Superb
According to the White House’s post… The 2014 official White House Christmas ornament honors the administration of Warren G. Harding, who served as the twenty-ninth president of the United States from 1921 to 1923. As […]
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Do You Have The Time?
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 […]
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Unticketed Passengers
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 […]