railroads

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All Aboard!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86655) • United States 27 Jun 19

Why do I love trains? I guess it goes back to my childhood. My aunt and uncle lived right next to an eight-track railroad line that ran through our old neighborhood. My uncle and I would sit on the porch and watch the trains go...

kentucky railway museum

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You Tube Top Ten: Virtual Railfan (#10)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86655) • United States 27 Dec 18

About a year and a half ago I ditched cable. So what has replaced cable, you may ask? You Tube, of course! Between You Tube and my MLB app subscription (where I can watch baseball games in the dead of winter) I don't have any...

favorite you tube channels

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Review: _The White Cascade:_ Account of a tragic convergence of Nature and Man

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 9 Feb 16

When I find a good historical account, of well, anything, I tend to jump right in. I spent a good portion of my childhood in Washington state, where the Cascade mountains are a constant presence. Every summer, my granparents would...

washington state

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Monopoly Turns 80 this year

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 5 Oct 15

This is a great family game: Do you remember Pass GO and collect $200. The Monopoly game is currently published in 47 languages and sold in 114 countries. There's the battleship, top hat, Scottie dog, racecar, thimble, boot,...

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Is the CSX train derailment a serious problem?

13tyates @13tyates (1606) • United States 21 Aug 12

A train ran and owned by one of the largest railway companies in the country had a train derail late last night in the eastern part of the country. It seems that many people see things like this happen and it starts to raise...

train derailment

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Do you think America should have a modern railroad system?

megumiart @megumiart (3771) • United States 17 Nov 07

Japan and Europe have railroad systems to travel around. I think it would be fantastic for America to have trains to travel from Los Angeles, to Boise, to Nashville, to New York and so on. It could save a lot of petrol/car...

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Union Abuse of Power

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 29 May 07

Whild traveling I was on 4 different toll roads in 4 different states. Two of the states used an electronic pass to allow people to drive through havethe toll charged to a credit card. In another state you drove up to a toll booth...

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