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Upcoming Seminars & Programs
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February 19, 2021 | 7:30 PM | Jim Crow on Streetcars - Challenging 'Separate but Equal' | Register now. | Join us for a presentation by Trolley Museum docents Erik Miller and Larry Velte, who will present the origins of segregation on streetcars beginning in the 19th century. They will discuss the attempts made nationwide to challenge both the custom and later the codification of "separate but equal" practices. An on-liine program. Free and open to the public. |
March 19, 2021 | 7:30 PM | A Railroad Related Topic to Be Announced | Free and open to the public. |
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Spring operations being planned. Stay tuned. February 1, 2022 COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) National Emergency Update
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Safety Rule of the Month - History ArchivesJanuary 2021 Rule 107. Conductors and Brakemen must know that the cars in their trains are in good order before starting, and inspect them whenever they have an opportunity to do so, particularly when entering or leaving sidings or waiting for other trains. All cars taken in their train at intermediate stations must be examined with extra care. [Grand Trunk Railway System, Operating Rules, Effective 18 June 1911.] Historic 1923 Pullman on the mainlines of America at Mableton, GeorgiaTravel a Legend: Pullman Dover Harbor
WRECK OF THE FEDERAL AT UNION STATION 1953 We are often asked about the Wreck of the Federal at Union Station which happened January 15, 1953. The Federal was an express overnight train from Boston to Washington that became a runaway and crashed into Union Station 5 days before the first Eisenhower Inaugural. We have a detailed article on the incident you can read, as well as a YouTube Video about it by an individual who was there that day. | on-line right now!
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Capitol Limited at Washington Union Station - circa 1959
PRR GG1 at Union Station- 1964
* Photo by Bill Hakkarinen
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