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Riding the Rails – A Comparison

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My Riding the Rails mini-series is apparently missing the mark.  Either that, or riding better-run rails for their entire lives has my non-American readers so positively disposed toward train travel, they keep missing my salient points. I said the Silver Star was the best of the lot – my point being, we rode lots of … Read more Riding the Rails – A Comparison

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Riding the Rails – A Primer

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About 1821, a Brit – George Stephenson – successfully applied the burgeoning steam technologies of the Industrial Revolution to the field of transportation and created the world’s first steam locomotive.  Over the next few years, he improved his design and sold a few English colliers on the benefits of shipping their product by rail.  His … Read more Riding the Rails – A Primer