About the Railroads

Let's talk Railroad talk!  Articles about the railroad over time.

• How America Got Off Its Horses and Got Moving

• The Tom Thumb - The 1st American Steam Engine

• What Do You Know About Trains

• Standard Gage Railroad Tracks

• Train Lanterns and Signals

• Railroad Time

  • • Standardization of Time Zones

    • History of Time Zones

    • Coast to  Coast Time Travel

    • Approved Railroad Watches

    • Accurate Railroad Watches allow train to move safely

    • Sears and Roebuck Sell Watches

    • Sears Mail Order Business

  • Train Lanterns and Signals

  • Whyte Locomotive Wheel Classification Arrangements 

  • Steam Locomotive Wheel Types

  • Famous Old Steam Locomotives

    • 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotive

  • Manufactures of Steam Locomotives

  • Streamliner Trains and Henry Dryfuss

    • The New York Central "Hudson"

  • Railway Post Office

  • Railway Express Agency

  • Tour Inside a Caboose

  • The Refrigerated Box Car

  • The Hobo

  • Music Inspired by the Railroads

  • Movies Inspired by the Railroads

  • Casey Jones - an American Railroader