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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. […]
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. […]
Two-wheeled, animal-powered, wooden ‘log carts’ were used in the timber industry from the late 1800s up to the mid 1900s. Log carts could be found in a number of states in a variety of designs and wheel sizes. These could be powered by mules, horses, or oxen. […]
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 […]
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