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A Look Back: 1957 Guthrie Wreck Killed Six, But More Could Have Died

May 25, 2020 Todd DeFeo
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad’s Chicago-to-Miami Dixieland Flyer passenger train approached the junction at Guthrie at about 4:30 or 4:45 p.m. on June 29, 1957, as a westbound 29-car freight train, No. 121, heading toward Memphis and pulled by two locomotives, approached the at-level crossing.

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That Time the Nazis Targeted America and Our Railroads

April 24, 2020 Railfanning.org Digital Library
In June 1942, during World War II, the Germans launched a plan to sabotage key targets inside the United States.

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Slippery Tracks Led to 1926 Louisville & Nashville Train, Clarksville Street Car Crash

April 17, 2020 Todd DeFeo
On the evening of Oct. 2, 1926, motorman George Hogue threw on the brakes of Citizens’ Railway Co. streetcar No. 5 as it passed the crossing at Commerce and Tenth streets in Clarksville, Tennessee.

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The Collision on the State Road: A Byproduct of War

March 6, 2020 Todd DeFeo
It was about 3:30 p.m. on July 6, 1862, ostensibly a typical Sunday during the early years of the Civil War, when two trains collided near Ringgold, Georgia, on the Western & Atlantic Railroad.

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The First Western & Atlantic Train to Chattanooga

February 28, 2020 Todd DeFeo
It was 7 a.m. on Dec. 1, 1849, and the western portion of the Western & Atlantic Railroad was open for business, even if the tunnel at Tunnel Hill was more than five months away from completion.

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Watching Trains Come and Go in Wellington

February 21, 2020 Todd DeFeo
Most people who visit New Zealand’s capital city like to enjoy its many cultural offerings. However, it’s safe to say most people don’t make it a point to visit the train station unless they are taking The Northern Explorer to or from Auckland.

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How the Staten Island Railway Went from Three Lines to One

February 14, 2020 Todd DeFeo
The Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) — today the Staten Island Railway — once provided service on three lines. Today, the railroad has one: a line from St. George to Tottenville.

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The Start of Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee

February 7, 2020 Todd DeFeo
The Middle Tennessee city of Clarksville once had a fairly robust network of streetcars. The system ran for more than four decades before it ultimately ceased operations during the 1920s.

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A Look at the Western & Atlantic Railroad’s Early Locomotives

January 31, 2020 Todd DeFeo
The Western & Atlantic Railroad operated some of the earliest locomotives in Georgia and the Southeast. The road, built and owned by the state of Georgia, acquired 10 locomotives during the 1840s.

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That Time the Louisville & Nashville Tried to Parallel the Western & Atlantic

January 24, 2020 Todd DeFeo
Even though the Louisville & Nashville Railroad controlled the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, which in turn leased the Western & Atlantic Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee, the L&N wanted its own line into Atlanta.

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