Trucks, Trains & Tractors, Oh My!!!
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
Park Train – Too??
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
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
The Lincoln Funeral Train
This weekend marks the anniversary of the departure of Lincoln’s Funeral Train from Washington, D.C. The Lincoln Funeral Train was a train that transported the body of President Abraham Lincoln from Washington, D.C. to his
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
Why are there rocks under the tracks?
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