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Metuchen and the Railroads: A Great Town for Trains

July 22, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library
Metuchen, New Jersey, is a great railroad town. Let’s revisit a presentation from April 2021 and talk about what makes the community great for ferroequinologists!

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Atlanta Northern: Deadly Argument Ends in Gunfight

July 21, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library
Ever had an explosive relationship with a co-worker? These two Atlanta Northern Railway workers took their differences to the extreme!

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A ‘Bitter’ Row Led to Shooting Along the Western & Atlantic

July 5, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library
Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1889, probably seemed like a normal day for William Roberts.

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The Great Locomotive Chase: Stolen Train Heist!

June 3, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library
How did a train engineer, fireman, and foreman of machinery respond when someone stole their train? 🚂💨 They ran after it, of course!

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NJ Transit Prepares for Winter Weather

January 18, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library
Customers are advised to monitor for potential service disruptions, detours or suspensions on Sunday, Jan. 19 and Monday, Jan. 20.

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A Look at Cardiff’s Butetown Branch Line

September 3, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
The Butetown branch line is a roughly one-mile-long rail line in the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.

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A Closer Look at the Camp Creek Train Wreck of 1900

July 31, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
June 23, 1900, was a rainy evening, as Southern Railway locomotive number 7, with a few coaches and a Pullman sleeper car in tow, journeyed from Macon, Georgia, to Atlanta.

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A Closer Look at the 1944 Stockton, Georgia, Train Wreck

June 30, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
An Atlantic Coast Line Railroad train disaster in south Georgia on August 4, 1944, claimed the lives of 47 people.

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A Deadly Georgia Wreck Few Remember

May 31, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
June 28, 1959, was humid, with temperatures reaching the mid-90s.

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A Quick Look at the Start of San Francisco’s Famed Cable Cars

May 1, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library
Cable cars are a National Historic Landmark and symbolize modern San Francisco, but the system has a deep history.

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