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Railroad Promises: Truths and False Hopes of the Past

August 3, 2025 Todd DeFeo
The study of railroads is as much a study of the false promises newspapers peddled.

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1977 Train Derailment: A Small Town’s Big Scare?

July 24, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library
A 1977 derailment in Metuchen, New Jersey, wasn’t that big of a deal in the entirety of railroad history.

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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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Athens’ Lost Railroad: A Hidden History Under the Stadium

June 4, 2025 Todd DeFeo
Heading to Athens, Georgia, for football? Don’t bother. Go for its railroad history! Uncover the story of the Covington and Macon Railroad and its impact on the city. Discover a piece of the past hidden in plain sight!

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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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‘Fanning Friday: Airport people movers count as railfanning, right?

April 11, 2025 Todd DeFeo
When asked, here’s what Google AI said: “No…” We’re counting it as railfanning today!

A video still of the Kingston Flyer in Kingston, New Zealand.
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‘Fanning Friday: April 4, 2025: The Kingston Flyer

April 4, 2025 Todd DeFeo
‘Fanning Friday is a new feature where we share videos and photos new and old. Today’s video of The Kingston Flyer was filmed last month in Kingston, New Zealand.

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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!

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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.

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