Newsletter – Page 12 – Railfanning.org

Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee, the Focus of New Book

June 15, 2020 Railfanning.org

A new book will highlight the history of streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee. “A Faster Means of Locomotion: A Brief History of Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee” will be available starting in August.

The Road to the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

May 29, 2020 Todd DeFeo

The movement to develop railroads in the Volunteer State dates to January 1830, when the state Senate approved a measure to support state aid for internal improvements.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Was Sabotage to Blame for 1869 Budds Creek Disaster?

Return to Dalton: Watching Trains While Social Distancing

New Book to Highlight History of the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad