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Laura Gwen

@lauragwen.bsky.social

Trains, travel, history, genealogy, cemeteries

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@markhamillofficial.bsky.social woohoo!

13.05.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@day.nws-bot.us
Half a large tree down on 732 1 mile south of Hurston Park

29.04.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After experiencing engine difficulties Friday night/Saturday, @amtrak.com โ€™s Cardinal returns to the east coast with a CSX lead early Sunday morning

27.04.2025 06:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Floyd Smith, demonstration of parachute, March 1920 โ€œThe first working modern parachute was developed by trapeze artist turned aviator Floyd Smith. He became interested in parachutes after having survived a near-fatal airplane accident while working as...

Floyd Smith, inventor of the modern parachute, demonstrating the parachute at Anacostia, Maryland, 1920

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28.03.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cincinnati union terminal time lapse of NS arriving

22.12.2024 03:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œAs I reach for a peach,
slide a rind down behind
The sofa in San Tropezโ€ฆโ€

11.12.2024 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cape May Dirigible Hanger under construction, Dec 1917

#CapeMay dirigible hangar under construction, 1917

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10.12.2024 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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6NI, Anacostia, US Navy

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08.12.2024 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

US Navy, Anacostia, 6N1

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08.12.2024 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is anyone interested in photos of old American Air Force WWI/Early WWII planes? I can start posting some.

08.12.2024 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Lineup of BR carriages, Cambridge, 1992

Lineup of carriages in Cambridge, 1992

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06.12.2024 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œThe fate of mankind is in the hands of fools.โ€

Sign at protest against Iraq war, Washington, DC, Jan 1991

05.12.2024 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone know the route the N&W J unit took in like 1990 or 1991?

05.12.2024 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What happens when someone with the mentality of a five-year-old designs a truck

02.12.2024 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NSE, London Kings Cross

Network SouthEast train at London Kings Cross

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01.12.2024 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our lack of rail service is making America a dinosaur

01.12.2024 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@eurostarjustin.bsky.social

01.12.2024 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eurostar travel reservation, 1994 Travel from Waterloo to Paris Gare du Nord, Dec 1994

Eurostar travel reservation from a month after public service started

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01.12.2024 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Virgin trains timetable, principal routes, winter 2000

29.11.2024 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are those all legal connections on the @lego float?

28.11.2024 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Front page of brochure, showing a portion of an inner city railroad car, with the tower bridge of London reflected in the window.

Front page of brochure, showing a portion of an inner city railroad car, with the tower bridge of London reflected in the window.

#Intercity Gatwick Express brochure, 1993-1994

26.11.2024 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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United Colors of Benetton ad, Italy, 1995

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23.11.2024 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This guy does awesome maps. I have two or three of them!

17.11.2024 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Detroit and Mackinac Railway: "The Turtle Line" The Detroit & Mackinac Railway, better known as "The Turtle Line," served northern Michigan for over a century.

Did you know you can run the engine from the Detroit and Mackinaw ferry Chief Wawatam at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowac?

www.american-rails.com/mackinac.html

17.11.2024 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Woohoo!

16.11.2024 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
CSX coal departs and NS roadrailer arrives
YouTube video by laura f CSX coal departs and NS roadrailer arrives

One of my most popular videos is this tilt-shift of an arriving NS RoadRailer and CSX at the Cincinnati Union Terminal.

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16.11.2024 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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