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Thu, 2008-12-11 11:38 — The Conductor

St. Charles Streetcar in Snow

A streetcar in snow. Nothing unusual in any northern US town during the first half of the 20th Century. Is this a quaint Rockwell-style image to illustrate a Christmas shopping story?

Nope.

Topic: 
Railroads
Transportation
Places: 
U.S.A.

Back from the Dead

Wed, 2008-11-26 12:20 — The Conductor

…they re-arranged the American landscape, creating suburbs, transforming manufacturing districts, robbing small towns of their vitality and linking formerly distinct cities in a series of metropolitan corridors…

Topic: 
Economics
Planning
Railroads
Places: 
U.S.A.

The Unseen Root of Wealth

Mon, 2008-10-13 12:10 — The Conductor

The Antiplanner has posted on James J. Hill and the beginnings of the Great Northern Railway. Hill was surely proof the American Dream can be realized. Few are so gifted and so driven to achieve Hill’s level of riches. But remember, the dream is not about dollars and motorcars. It is to be allowed to attain according to capacity, without confinement to class or caste.

Topic: 
Philosophy
Railroads
Places: 
U.S.A.

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