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Typewriting on the Railroad
The Antique Typewriter Collectors will share their enthusiasm for typewriters with SRM visitors on Saturday, February 2, 2019. Learn more about how typewriters influenced life on the railroad! […]
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Typewriter enthusiasts return to Duluth’s Southeastern Railway Museum
Typewriter enthusiasts from across the region will descend on the Southeastern Railway Museum this February. […]
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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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Museum Comes Alive With the Sound of Steam
The sound of a steam whistle permeated through Duluth’s crisp morning air for the first time in 15 years as steam returned to the Southeastern Railway Museum. Jeddo Coal Co. No. 85, a guest locomotive […]
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‘Mack’ arrives at the Southeastern Railway Museum in advance of Steam Weekends
Jeddo Coal No. 85, named “Mack,” will pull trains this weekend and next. […]
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Steam: The Power That Turns the Wheels
by Randy Minter edited by Kristen Fredriksen The illustration below shows a simplified side view of Georgia Power #97, the 0-6-0 tank engine that operated at the Southeastern Railway Museum during the April to […]
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MARTA Fare Collection: A Brief History
Now on temporary exhibit inside Building 1 at the Southeastern Railway Museum is an assortment of fare collection-related MARTA objects. Items on display include a bus fare collection box, two token machines, and two turnstiles. […]
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Volunteers Back at Work on SRM Model Train Layout
Southeastern Railway Museum volunteers and members of the North Georgia Modurail model railroad club are back at work on the HO model train layout. The Georgia & Tennessee Railroad was donated to SRM and the decision was made to replace to original museum layout that was showing some age and in constant need of repair. After a pause in construction, a new team, consisting of original and new members, is now focused on completing a model railroad available for public display and operation. […]
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Western Union Tool Car Ready for Lettering
The Western Union #3558 tool car is almost ready for lettering.
Lettering for one of the museum’s historic railroad cars involves research to find in-service photographs or drawings made of the same or similar cars. […]
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Log Carts: A Brief History
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. […]