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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 […]
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Remembering George M. Pullman 125 Years Later
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. […]
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The Wheels on the Train Go Round and Round…
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 […]
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Labor Day’s Roots Lie With the Railroad
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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Sherman’s Bowties
No – we are not talking about fashion statements made by the famous Union general. What we are referring to is Major General William Tecumseh Sherman’s tactics for disrupting Confederate supply lines, specifically in Georgia. […]