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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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Black Railroad Jobs in the Post-Civil War Era
Photo courtesy of Kathryn Parsons Willis Following the Civil War, the railroad was the most important industry that African Americans worked in. In the South, freed slaves had few fates to choose from, among them […]
Southeastern Typewriter Meet-Up & Type-In
Join the Antique Typewriter Club and SRM for the second annual typewriter meet-up and type-in! Think: an interactive traveling typewriter exhibit with machines dating back to the 1800s. Fun for the whole family, especially millennials and kids who have never touched a typewriter before! […]
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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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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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Duluth Historical Society Presents History Laid to Rest
Press Release from the Duluth Historical Society Tuesday, August 28, 2018 celebrate and learn with us about our history and your history laid to rest in each of the cities or towns. The Duluth Historical […]
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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. […]
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Newly Acquired Log Cart Now on Display at Southeastern Railway Museum
The Southeastern Railway Museum has placed on display a newly donated mule-powered log cart. […]