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A common question newcomers to model railroading ask is "Why do railroads use signals?" The quick answer is to keep trains moving safely. But the topic of railroad signals deserves more of an ...

When the signal from the spike came through ... More disastrously, the railroad introduced the herds to American industrial production, for which they became one more resource to be mined en ...

Courtesy: The Railroad Enthusiasts of New York at The Williamson Library On January 8, 1902, an express train from White Plains missed signals and plowed into the back of a commuter train that was ...