Tag: railroad
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April 26, 2008 07:50 PM EDT --
Recently, I read this lovely little history story by Trista (Break this bittersweet spell on me) W. about the Santa Fe train depot in Guthrie, OK. In the story, she mentions the ghost of Mrs. Fred Harvey. . . . more
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October 07, 2007 06:56 AM EDT --
As I was wandering around the Cranberry Festival at Edaville Railroad yesterday, I kept looking for scenes from my childhood....I can remember as a small tot coming to ride the trains in winter all bundled . . . more
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October 06, 2007 11:03 PM EDT --
Today Papa and I traveled south eight miles to Edaville Railroad, home to the Annual Cranberry Festival. Edaville, opening in 1947, is considered as the oldest tourist or heritage railway in America. . . . more
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August 18, 2008 12:50 PM EDT --
A little over a week ago we visited the Florida Keys, and on our last day I got to explore one of my favorite places - Bahia Honda State Park and the old Flagler Railroad.
The original Bahia Honda . . . more
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July 15, 2007 07:43 AM EDT --
The Hesston Steam Museum, located in LaPorte, IN is a great place to spend the day. You can take your kids, your firends, even your parents, something for everyone there. They have different sixe trains . . . more
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August 13, 2007 05:14 PM EDT --
This is the image for the week of August 13, 2007.
Write anything inspired by this image--
poetry, short story, beginning of a novel, a feeling or emotion or . . . more
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October 06, 2007 11:51 PM EDT --
This morning my son played a baseball game on the Westside in San Bernardino on Mount Vernon Avenue. Seeing the signs for Route 66 gave me an idea to travel on the historic highway this afternoon . . . more
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November 28, 2007 03:42 PM EST --
How quickly American?s seem to turn their backs on our roots?the simple foundations on which our country was built upon. Some of these ideas, while seemingly outdated and maybe not the most convenient, . . . more
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January 29, 2008 06:10 PM EST --
Do you like to travel? Have you seen all there is to see in the United States or are there some corners left undiscovered that you're longing to see? We want to know! Tell us where you'd like . . . more
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March 10, 2008 06:09 PM EDT --
The Regional offers convenient and affordable downtown-to-downtown service up and down the Northeast Corridor, with multiple departures daily.
The trains that run the Regional line have been redesigned . . . more
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April 10, 2008 08:06 PM EDT --
Did you know, that once the yellow lights start flashing at a railroad crossing for a train you have approximately 28 seconds before the train will cross the track?
Most people don't know . . . more
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July 08, 2007 07:26 PM EDT --
In 2000-2001 I traveled around the U.S. and did biographical articles on visual artists. Raymundo Gardea was the first of those that I interviewed and got to know.
Long Beach, California, . . . more
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April 03, 2008 04:46 PM EDT --
My article on the Underground Railroad is FEATURED in the group Theme Parks and Attractions !
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September 27, 2007 11:56 PM EDT --
Straight
Down
The
Mountain
A View From The Window Seat
The glass clad steel columns rise straight up from the harbor reaching all the way to the sky. At first sighting, . . . more
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July 08, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
The phrase "roadside America" is synonymous with tacky attractions of all sorts scattered across the country, from giant balls of twine to a museum of squished pennies. But there's . . . more
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March 22, 2007 09:12 AM EDT --
Rail Travel: A European Plus
Travelling around the wrold can be fun or it can be a nightmare. In large part if depends upon how YOU do your home work, pay attention to detail & use the resources . . . more
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May 08, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
Growing up in a small Midwestern town plopped down in the middle of nowhere but linked to everywhere by the Santa Fe freight and passenger trains that ran through our little burg left me with an abiding . . . more
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October 24, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
I love to travel, I am usually barely on my way home and I am already dreaming of the next trip. On Labor Day weekend of this year I did something that I never do: I traveled in my own home state . . . more
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March 19, 2008 08:03 AM EDT --
May 10, 1869. The day the U.S. transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Point, Utah. The east coast was now connected to the west coast by train! It was a monumental moment for a country . . . more
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August 25, 2008 01:15 AM EDT --
If you want to drive down Route 66 and imagine you are cruising down the Mother Road in the pre-Interstate days, Ash Fork, Arizona is the best place to start from. Ash Fork begins what is the longest . . . more
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