History 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.
Railfanning.org TV 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!
Railfanning.org TV Ivy Lee: The Father of Modern PR February 25, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library Love PR? Hate PR? Either way, it’s the Pennsylvania Railroad’s fault!
Commuter Rail 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.
Railfanning.org TV Lunch & Learn: “Oddities on the Georgia Rails” by Todd DeFeo December 16, 2024 Railfanning.org Digital Library While many histories center on dates and places, they overlook some funnier, if not downright bizarre, happenings throughout the years.
History 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.
History 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.
History 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.
History A Deadly Georgia Wreck Few Remember May 31, 2023 Railfanning.org Digital Library June 28, 1959, was humid, with temperatures reaching the mid-90s.
History 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.