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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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Is Casey Jones the Most Famous Railroad Engineer?

May 20, 2023 Todd DeFeo

Casey Jones may be the most famous locomotive engineer. The Illinois Central Railroad engineer gained notoriety for his heroic actions on the morning of April 30, 1900.

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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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Street Cars in Paradise: A Brief History Street Cars on the Island of Curaçao

February 17, 2023 The Cross-Tie

Curaçao is not a railroad hotspot today, but the island does have a railroad history.

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A Closer Look at Washington’s Union Station

September 13, 2022 Railfanning.org Digital Library

By the turn of the 20th century, the dominant railroads serving the nation’s capital had separate stations. When city leaders in Washington wanted to beautify the city, one of the major initiatives was a new train station.

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Looking Back at the Budds Creek Railroad Disaster 153 Years Later

July 28, 2022 Railfanning.org Digital Library

July 28, 2022, marks 153 years since the devastating Budds Creek railroad disaster in Montgomery County, Tennessee, along the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad.

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Elevating the Tracks Through Elizabeth, New Jersey

December 7, 2020 Todd DeFeo

Elizabeth, New Jersey, was an important crossing point for railroads. The New Jersey Rail Road extended its line to Elizabeth, first known as Elizabethtown, in 1835.

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