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Railroad Stories: The Way It Was

Railfan Stories
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Beebe and Morgan on Al Perlman and the ’20th Century Limited’

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Chicago & North Western equipment testers used their own weight

Railfan Stories
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Riding a caboose in central Illinois in the mid-20th century

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1950s Pennsylvania Railroad railfan trip goes on despite ripping down the catenary

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Stopping up traffic on the Illinois Central during World War II

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When Beauty Rode the Rails ‘stinks on toast’ as a book title

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Two railfan friends take a great F-unit safari

Railfan Stories
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Morgan-Beebe File: Lucius bemoans ‘criminal’ cuts to passenger service — July 1961

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Sgt. Saunders and the Kansas City Southern

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Meeting Santa Fe M-190 face to face

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Flying on the Carolina Special

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Things that go bump on third trick

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