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The New York Central (back in the '50's)

Long before I was born, back when my father was a young man, he worked as a Fireman on the New York Central Railroad and fired steam locomotives from Albany to Syracuse and back as he worked his way through college. This video captures his era wonderfully.

NYC in the '30's




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The Crossing










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A long freight train passes through Judsonia, Arkansas, on its way to Little Rock and Texas.

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