Showing posts with label Railroad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Railroad. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Parking On The Correct Side

It’s always best to park a railroad carriage on the correct side of a building wall.  Otherwise, your driving will attract far too many witnesses. Germany – June 1940

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Lunch With The Roundhouse Ladies

There was always plenty to talk about at lunch with the roundhouse wiper gang of 1943 of the Chicago NW Railroad in Clinton, Iowa.  Fashion statements were made using the handkerchief on your head.

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Wreck of the old 97

The wreck of the old 97.  Made famous in song and tale, the actual wreck was a mail train made up of four cars and locomotive No.1102.  Train No. 97 crashed on September 27, 1903 in Pennsylvania County, Kentucky.

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