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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

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Rolling North on the Silver Star

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Rolling north on the Silver Star, An endless olio Of trees, street lamps, and telephone lines Sweeps by me into the past. A steepled church, a mounded field, A Main Street straight out of 1902, A small neon sign on a deserted bar On the wrong side of the tracks, A scintillant pool, two girls walking … Read more Rolling North on the Silver Star