#OTD #TDIH #March31, 1980: #ChicagoRockIslandAndPacificRailroad closes.
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Learn about the fascinating history of Pennsylvania's railroad system with "Keystone State Rails"!
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The first train to roll down the Pennsylvania Railroad's tracks was on Sept. 1, 1849. The next year the firm hired Thomas Alexander Scott as the depot manager for Ducansville, PA. He’d later become the company’s most successful and notorious president. #RailroadHistory #history #PennsylvaniaRailroad
The B&O Railroad’s first trains were pulled by teams of horses. Realizing this wasn’t very efficient considering the distance to the Ohio River, the B&O switched to a steam locomotive. The first prototype it tested was the TOM THUMB in Aug. 1830. #RailroadHistory #history #History #B&ORailroad
Thomas Young was Ohio’s governor when the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 erupted. He used a mix of diplomacy and a show of force to end the strike in Newark through which trains from both Baltimore & Ohio and Panhandle Railroads (the latter a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania) passed. #RailroadHistory
On the night of July 23 during the Great Railroad Strike, a mob set fire to an O&M RR bridge over Mill Creek twice. In the morning, it looted milk and market wagons heading into the city. Tramps and thieves were blamed. www.markstrecker.com/21.html#21 #RailroadHistory #GreatRRStrike #OhioHistory
During the Great RR Strike of 1877, strikers on the LS&SM RR took one of the company’s trains from Collinwood, OH, to Toledo, and there got their fellow workers to strike. Unlike Collinwood, violence broke out. www.markstrecker.com/20.html#20 #RailroadHistory #GreatRRStrike #RailroadHistory #History
I will have a table at the Wooster Train & Toy Show selling my new book THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IN OHIO. I hope to see you! #WoosterTrain&ToyShow #WoosterOH #MarkStrecker #GreatRailroadStrikeInOhio #RailroadHistory #ModelRailroads #Toys
When John H. Devereux, president of the CCC & I RR, caught wind that his workers planned to go on strike, he spoke to them and not only talked them out of striking, he got them to pledge to aid authorities to deal with disturbances! www.markstrecker.com/19.html#19 #RailroadHistory #OhioHistory
I'm doing a book talk for THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IN OHIO on Thurs., March 12 at 6 pm. I hope to see you there! #GreatRailroadStrike #RailroadHistory #OhioHistory #ClydePublicLibraryOhio #BookTalk #History
When LS&SM RR workers struck in Collinwood, OH, on July 22, 1877, they knew violence and vandalism would result in a crackdown by authorities. To prevent strikers from getting liquored up, they forced all of the town’s saloons to close. www.markstrecker.com/18.html#18 #RailroadHistory
One of the most dangerous things RR crews face on a freight and coal trains was the doubleheader—the doubling of cars engines run with the same number of crewmen. When the PRR implemented this in 1877, its trains went from 18 to 36 cars. www.markstrecker.com/17.html#17 #RailroadHistory #Pennsy
A scenic landscape features a train track curving through a lush green meadow towards a yellow wooden water tank standing on the right. Rolling hills covered in dark pine trees rise in the background under a dramatic sky filled with heavy grey and white clouds.
Los Pinos water tank on the Cumbres & Toltec - still standing thanks to preservation work. Steam railroads required massive infrastructure. Most is gone now.
Every surviving piece tells part of the story.
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During the Great RR Strike, a gunfight between William Vandergriff and militiaman Private John Poisal broke out in Martinsburg, WV, where B&O workers had struck. Vandergrift succumbed to his wound a few days later. www.markstrecker.com/16.html#16 #RailroadHistory #GreatRailroadStrike #history
A low-angle black-and-white photograph features a massive streamlined diesel locomotive, engine number 5771, labeled "Rio Grande" on its nose and side. The train sits on tracks stretching into the distance, pulling passenger cars under a bright sky filled with fluffy cumulus clouds.
D&RGW 5771 - pulled the California Zephyr and Rio Grande Zephyr through the Rockies. Restored to its Aspen gold and silver livery.
Represents a golden age of diesel passenger service. Worth remembering.
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In protest of another 10% wage cut starting on July 16, 1877, B&O RR workers went on strike in Martinsburg, WV, the next day. Because all east-west trains passed through here, their action effectively paralyzed the B&O. www.markstrecker.com/15.html#15 #RailroadHistory #GreatStrike #history #B&ORR
In the 1870s during a severe economic depression, the B&O’s revenue shrank 62% between 1873 and 1877. Despite this, it continued to issue a 10% dividends, paying for them by cutting jobs and wages. www.markstrecker.com/14.html#14 #RailroadHistory #Baltimore&OhioRR #B&ORailroad
A wide landscape view captures a lush, vibrant green valley dotted with scattered pine trees, rolling gently toward a backdrop of forested mountains. Above, the bright blue sky is filled with large, fluffy white cumulus clouds casting soft shadows on the hills.
Same tracks, same grades, same views as 1880. The Cumbres & Toltec was essential transportation then, heritage tourism now.
The mountains don't care why you're traveling through. Spectacular either way.
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In the 19th century, Ohio had no safety laws for railroad bridges. In 1879, a bridge over the Big Walnut Creek near Sunbury collapsed as a Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus RR freight train crossed. The bridge’s replacement failed in 1912. www.markstrecker.com/13.html#13 #RailroadHistory #OhioHistory
I will be doing a book talk for THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IN OHIO at the Sandusky Public Library on Tuesday, February 17, at noon. I hope to see you there! events.sanduskylib.org/event/15714715. #GreatRailroadStrike #RailroadHistory #History #OhioHistory #SanduskyOH
In 1866, the Central Ohio RR trains killed 34 cows, 6 steers, 11 calves, 5 hogs, 62 sheep, 9 horses and 1 colt in OH. The amount of compensation given to the owners of these dead animals amounted to zero. www.markstrecker.com/12.html#12 #RailroadHistory #history#B&ORailroad #OhioHistory
On Aug. 6, 1878, a freight and passenger train crashed head on, knocking cars and locomotives off the tracks. Both trains belonged to the Panhandle RR. Casualties included postal workers and immigrants. www.markstrecker.com/11.html#11 #RailroadHistory #history #OhioHistory #PanhandleRailroad
The Panhandle RR agreed to test the Westinghouse airbrake in 1869. As the train equipped with it exited Grant Tunnel in Pittsburgh, the engineer saw on the track. He employed the brakes and stopped just four feet from it. www.markstrecker.com/10.html#10 #RailroadHistory #history #Pittsburgh
In the 1870s, engineers and firemen on the Pennsylvania RR were sometimes forced to pay for maintenance on their locomotives out of their own pocket. They earned nothing during the sometimes lengthy time it took to complete them. www.markstrecker.com/09.html#09 #RailroadHistory #History
Local freight train heading down the tracks to Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham, Texas. This short section of track is all that remains of a line that once connected to Austin. Railroad infrastructure comes and goes. Documenting what's left while it's still here.
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Standard Oil’s near monopoly on refined oil worried the Pennsylvania RR, so it encouraged its sister company, Empire Transportation, to get into the refining business. The plan didn’t go well for the PRR. www.markstrecker.com/08.html#08 #RailroadHistory #AmericanHistory
A red brick two-story building labeled "SANTA FE FREIGHT DEPOT" stands on the right. To the left, an orange BNSF train engine passes behind a green tree. The foreground consists of a cracked asphalt street with scattered dry leaves.
Northbound BNSF train passing the old Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway depot in Brenham, Texas. The depot was built for one railroad company, survived through several mergers, and now watches modern trains from a different railroad roll past.
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The coal was mined, loaded, and ready, but the trains wouldn't move. Discover WWI's Coal Crisis of 1918, where America, in its moment of greatest need, was frozen solid by a massive, self-inflicted logistical failure. #History #AmericanHistory #CoalFamine #RailroadHistory
During the 1870s depression, between 1.5 to 2 million men took to the road, and many jumped on freight trains for transport. Their numbers were especially high in states like Ohio because of its well-developed railroad system. www.markstrecker.com/04.html#04 #RailroadHistory
The Panic of 1873 caused many of America’s railroads to go bankrupt in 1875, one of which was the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad. From its ruins rose the Wabash Railroad, later part of Norfolk Southern. www.markstrecker.com/03.html#03 #RailroadHistory #NorfolkSouthern #history
