Wednesday, January 21, 2015

wiible: The next morning, April 22, (see below) I cut school to...





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The next morning, April 22, (see below) I cut school to see if the 6003 would return on # 98, and I wasn’t disappointed. She was back in San Jose with the 3006. The 6462 went back to the Commutes.


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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

wiible: Golden Age of Trains in Black and White, By Keith...





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Golden Age of Trains in Black and White, By Keith Axline


Troy Union Railroad crossing guard John Moriarity and New York Central switch engine during snowstorm, Troy, New York, March 1955


Photo by Jim Shaughnessy. “This is in Troy. I went down with my father in his pickup truck, because I thought it would be interesting to take some pictures under those types of conditions,” Shaughnessy said. “This happens repeatedly, but most people aren’t out there to photograph it, because they’re in their warm house. This is a crossing guard at the rail station. With the flash off the camera it doesn’t blind you. With a light on the camera in a snowstorm, all you get is a bunch of lit flakes in front of you. In a storm like that, there’s also a lot of ambient light.”


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crazy70s: Passengers boarding California Zephyr in Oakland





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Passengers boarding California Zephyr in Oakland





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Sunday, January 18, 2015

marmarinou: Text messaging in the analog era “Chicago,...





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Text messaging in the analog era


Chicago, Illinois. Telegraph switch board of the Pennsylvania railroad in the Pennsylvania telegraph room at the Union Station.”


Photo by Jack Delano


January 1943


Library of Congress





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