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Railroad Historical Society adds historic rail car to its fleet
Hillsdale Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe “Riding Mountain Park” car is a unique first-class passenger car, built in 1954 for...
I traveled on 'the most famous train in the world' that once carried Marilyn Monroe and Walt Disney...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHannah Towey/Insider The 20th Century Limited was once the preferred mode of transportation of the...
Des Moines River valley's 'unique scenic value' on full display with Iowa's first rail bike...
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere will soon be a new way for sight-seers to experience the beauty of central Iowa's Des Moines...
Stunning Historic Train Stations Across America
Cheapism via AOL· 2 weeks agoCheapism / pawel.gaul, LeoPatrizi//istockphoto All Aboard! For about 100 years, from the mid 1800s until the middle of the 20th century, railroads ruled...
Philadelphia man completes over 400-mile walk along the Underground Railroad in honor of Harriet...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKenneth Johnston of West Philadelphia always had a deep appreciation for Harriet Tubman and her work...
Little Museums across Central Mass. show history hiding in every corner
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIf you are wondering where to find a carved whale’s tooth, shoes for slaves or maybe a door to a...
Holiday happenings in Central Pa.: From Santa to tree lightings to train rides to crafts
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt's the holiday season in Central Pennsylvania, and no matter what you celebrate this time of year,...
William B. Ogden and the railroad that pioneered Chicago’s place as a transportation hub
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie...
Over the Garden Fence: Men's breakfast celebrates rail history
Telegraph-Forum via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Toledo and Ohio Central train station will be receiving a special guest on Sept. 10, bright and early. Sadly he is not arriving by train. Sheldon Lustig is the president of the New York ...
A look back on the 1st transcontinental railroad
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoThe Pacific Railway Act of 1862 brought about the first transcontinental railroad. Check out the photographs and illustrations that depict what it was...
