Welcome to the executive director’s updates for November 2018. We’ve had a really good October and the staff and I appreciate all you have done for us this month. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of […]
From The Executive Director Randy Pirkle Welcome to the Executive Director’s blog post for September, 2018. We’re changing format of our Crossings newsletter somewhat to broaden our audience and also to streamline its management. August has flown […]
Rising from the Rails, a black history month exhibition was a huge success! The exhibition that featured artists from Chicago, Virginia, and the metro Atlanta area closed on February the 28th. The Southeastern Railway Museum […]
The Southeastern Railway Museum’s education department continued its Second Thursday program on November 10th. The weather was great and we had a good turnout for our theme vehicle, the Cement Truck from Ernst Concrete. It […]
I think we all have that question when we see a vehicle in a museum. Yes, some of our antique vehicles do run. The 1935 Pontiac Taxi Cab and the Underground Atlanta 1938 Ford Panel […]
Robert Aulicky Everybody is wondering and asking about the Park Train. I can report the problems are under repair on two different fronts, track and mechanical. On the track side work started on the track […]
John Marbury It was my pleasure to meet J.R. through the Southeastern Railway Museum. Though we were both employees of the Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern for years, our paths never crossed until the museum […]
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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