While rail travel improved mobility and opened new markets, it could sometimes be incredibly dangerous. Sadly, train wrecks and mishaps changed the lives of passengers, workers, and innocent bystanders. Author […]

While many histories center on dates and places, they overlook some funnier, if not downright bizarre, happenings throughout the years. From armed robberies to a duel between long-time friends, some […]

Athens, Georgia, has a deep railroad history, and it extends beyond the trestle on the back of a local band’s album. It includes a streetcar system that whisked Athenians around […]