Heartbreaking news.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is mourning federal wildlife officer David Taylor, 38 of Scio, Oregon, who is believed to have died while helping evacuate residents threatened by the Railroad South Fire.
The disused Wilbraham Road railway station dressed up as a railroad stop in the Deep South - Chorltonville ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
A special train carrying audience members ran out of Manchester Central
The steam locomotive mocked up with a cow catcher and revised lamp in an attention make it look American!
Transit has always been the best way to get to the Minnesota State Fair!
From 1891 to 1952 a complex streetcar network ran in and out of the fairgrounds bringing thousands of visitors every day. You can still see the historic arch that trolleys would pass under.
I kid you not--I saw this and my first thought for a nanosecond was that McDonalds was doing something special to commemorate the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Here's a crazy old map showing the location of a massive proposed city park bounded by 62nd, Prescott, 82nd and Siskiyou with a ridiculous number of streetcar extensions all reaching it. As best as I can work out, this is from 1893 when the city was asking for bids for land for such a park.
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