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SRM Librarians Present Railroad History in April
SRM Assistant Librarian Lloyd Neal will make two presentations in April, both focused on railroad history. […]
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SRM To Present at ‘Seminar on American Railroads’
Inspired by the upcoming sesquicentennial observance of the Golden Spike Ceremony (celebrating the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869), the Georgia Gwinnett College History Discipline is sponsoring a Seminar on American Railroads, March 26-28, 2019 with presentations from the Southeastern Railway Museum. […]
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A Telegram from the Western Union Tool Car Project
The significance of tool car #3558 comes from being a tangible link to a bygone time when the railroads were used to assist the communication industry of the era. […]
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Working on the Railroad, A Conversation with J.R. Shipp
Lloyd Neal J.R. Shipp was born on a farm close to the railroad tracks in Hiram, Georgia on January 2, 1926. He decided that farm work was not for him. He wanted a job. When […]