Trains Documentaries

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Cable Railway Cable TubeHere's an excellent picture from the June 7, 1884 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, illustrating how the cable railway cable is carried in a protective tube yet can still be gripped by the Grip. [Click on...
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The Great Sea Serpent of the Garden of AcclimatationFrom the December 22, 1900 issue of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, reprinted from La Nature."Ophion, " designed by Walter Stenning and manufactured in Paris, seems more like a ride from a theme pa...
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Farmers Delivering Milk to a Trolley Car (1901)Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, farmers bring milk to a platform where a trolley car picks it up and ships it off to customers (processors, creameries) in a nearby town. In 1901 the farmer's life ...
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Union Traction of Indiana Manager's Car "Martha" in 1901From an article in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN for July 26, 1901, found by eBay seller ohiopeddler and Photoshopped by Mike: Follow this link for a good rundown on Indiana's interurban railroads. ...
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