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• Since We're Headed That Way, Anyway....

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:31 pm

  Tags: Travel, Railroads, Great Depression

  America." Topics include railroads during the Depression era, the Civilian Conservation Corps, food and shelter, and art related to hobo life. Includes a bibliography. From the National Heritage Museum, an American history museum founded and supported by Scottish Rite Freemasons. National Heritage

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• Pier D Stands Out in the West Side’s Industrial Past

  Published: November 19, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: Top Story, Parks And Recreation, Public Spaces, Manhattan, Hudson River, Railroads, Riverside Park, Upper West Side, West Side Highway

  Few monuments in Manhattan are as unlikely or as poetic (if you catch it on a misty morning or under a piercing sunset).

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• How Well Do You Know Your Railroad History?

  Published: December 12, 2007, 1:01 pm

  Tags: Pop Quiz, Railroads

  Pop Quiz: Submit your answers by 4 p.m. today.

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• Utah Phillips -- Old buddy, goodnight

  Published: May 28, 2008, 5:03 pm

  Tags: Hobo, Music, Obituaries, Rail, Railroads, Train, Trains, Utah, Utah Phillips, Utahphillips

  Filed under: Life & style, Media, That's entertainmentIf you've got a kid who is as into trains as my Jared is, then you undoubtedly listen to a fair bit of Utah Phillips' music. His version of the Wabash Cannonball and Daddy, What's a Train are two of Jared's favorites. I was lucky enough to see him in concert once; unfortunately, my kids

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• A Fast Train Wins the Mayor’s Support

  Published: May 30, 2008, 5:29 pm

  Tags: Government Politics, Transportation, City Hall, Amtrak, Congress, Michael R Bloomberg, Railroads, Trains, Washington D C

  Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses a Congressional call for two-hour train service between New York and Washington.

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• Leaving the Railroads Behind

  Published: June 30, 2008, 3:06 am

  Tags: On Gaming, Gaming, Plot, Railroads

  Railroad is one of the buzzwords that strikes up ire in most playgroups, the kind that gets players fuming and leads to GMs being reviled. Unfortunately, it’s also a technique that’s very, very easy to fall into. For the uninitiated, railroading is forcing the characters back onto a plot when they’ve gone

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