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  G-Men of the Rails

  May 11, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,050 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

    Bertillon methods of identification, fingerprinting, footprinting, ballistics and every scientific method of crime detection used by G-Men of the Treasury, are often employed by railroad police in the course of their duties. ...
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  Modeling Memories of the Bronx: The Videos

  Invalid date - posted by Frank Joyce - 3,162 views - 4 comments - 2 likes

  As a follow up to my TrainLife articles “Modeling Memories of The Bronx”, (Parts 1 & 2), and “Layout: The Bronx in a Basement” – I have posted several films so you can see the layout in action. Here is a brief description...
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  A New Penn Station for New York

  Invalid date - posted by TrainLife Staff - 8,982 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

      Under the guise of progress, the main concourse of Penn Station disappears beneath a canopy of steel in fall 1985. Sunlight streaming through a myriad of glass panels once made arrivals and departure...
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  Beneath New York

  Invalid date - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,568 views - 1 comment - 2 likes

  Text and Photography by Brian Solomon except as noted The ground shakes, a waft of qistinctive air-part ozone, part mold and mildew, part burning electric motor oil-blows a brown bag, candy wrappers, and dead leaves off a sidewalk grate. Not one pa...
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  John Miller’s Cincinatti, Ohio Layout

  Invalid date - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,591 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  Photos by Robert Schleicher The focus of action for most real railroads lies in and around the major cities, none more so than Cincinnati, Ohio. Rather than trying to compress the area between New York and Cincinnati into a basement, John elected to re...
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  Visit the Colorful Conway Scenic Line: Rich fall colors make the train trip special

  Invalid date - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,409 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  By Don Heimburger  Where can you combine rich train history and rich, natural fall colors? The Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire, of course! With the winter months right around the railroad bend, you'll want to get out and see...