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Machine Tool Monday- A Niles machinist uses a line boring tool on the turret of an M-48 tank.
06/22/2026

Machine Tool Monday- A Niles machinist uses a line boring tool on the turret of an M-48 tank.

06/21/2026

Having taken over from AFT 1, 4449 pulls the train south out of Alexandria, VA to complete its journey to Miami.

Strasburg Rail Road 90 handles an offline excursion on the CNJ at Nesquehoning Junction, PA in this February 1968 view.
06/18/2026

Strasburg Rail Road 90 handles an offline excursion on the CNJ at Nesquehoning Junction, PA in this February 1968 view.

Machine Tool Monday- Milling out the underside of the turret casting for an M-48 tank at Niles Tool Works.
06/15/2026

Machine Tool Monday- Milling out the underside of the turret casting for an M-48 tank at Niles Tool Works.

06/14/2026

Former Reading 2101 wasn't the only locomotive to pull the American Freedom Train. Seen here is former SP 4449 in AFT livery pulling a Southern excursion just prior to taking over for AFT 1 in Washington DC in 1976. Film by Michael Eagleson.

With the US National Team entering World Cup action tonight, we look back at one of the winningest soccer teams in Ameri...
06/12/2026

With the US National Team entering World Cup action tonight, we look back at one of the winningest soccer teams in American history, that of Bethlehem Steel in the 1910s. From 1913-1919 the team went 162-6-1 . All players worked in Bethlehem at the plant or in the office and were provided with time to practice and travel to matches.

The last railroad in the NY metro to dieselize was the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal. Seen here is one of their new...
06/11/2026

The last railroad in the NY metro to dieselize was the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal. Seen here is one of their newly acquired, secondhand ALCO S-1 diesels. These engines would serve the railroad well, lasting into the 1990s.

Machine Tool Monday- Keeping on with our series on the construction of the M-48 Patton tank, we see a turret on a horizo...
06/08/2026

Machine Tool Monday- Keeping on with our series on the construction of the M-48 Patton tank, we see a turret on a horizontal boring mill at Niles, as a recognizable form begins to take shape.

06/07/2026

AFT 1 pulls the Freedom Train past one of the most scenic portions of the former NYC West Shore, the Bear Mountain Bridge in this 1975 film sequence from Michael Eagleson.

Livonia, Avon, & Lakeville 38 in August of 1973. Former Huntington & Broad Top 38 spent the better part of a decade in L...
06/04/2026

Livonia, Avon, & Lakeville 38 in August of 1973. Former Huntington & Broad Top 38 spent the better part of a decade in LAL ownership sandwiched between tenures at Rail City and the Gettysburg Railroad.

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