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Submitted by Philigan on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 9:56am.
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I purchased many train and related photos at an estate sale. I have little info except dates on the backs from the early 1900s to 1950. Some are from Germany, some from the Philippines but most are from the USA and much of that from California. Rather than upload a ton of pictures one at a time, there are 426 pictures that can be seen at https://railroadhistory.shutterfly.com/ If anyone knows who the people in the pictures are, I would love to know. I have looked up the names on the back of the pictures but found no one. View full size.

I purchased many train and related photos at an estate sale. I have little info except dates on the backs from the early 1900s to 1950. Some are from Germany, some from the Philippines but most are from the USA and much of that from California. Rather than upload a ton of pictures one at a time, there are 426 pictures that can be seen at https://railroadhistory.shutterfly.com/ If anyone knows who the people in the pictures are, I would love to know. I have looked up the names on the back of the pictures but found no one. View full size.

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1959 switching error

Submitted by CGW on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 10:12am.

Looking for the number of the lead unit here (an EMD F7A) brought me to this page recounting an accident at Columbus (OH) Union Station in 1959, led off by this very photo. Basically a switching error brought this engine and (by my guess) the Geep in the background together, with the resulting derailment.

BTW the apparent pair of handrails are actually the antennas for PRR's "Trainphone" system, a kind of early radio-like communications system using low frequency signals sent through the rails themselves. The low frequency and power were used to get around the lack of assigned radio frequencies for rail communication.

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