Category: trains

– a fictional account – Earl Saarinen was a gandy dancer based in Astoria, Oregon. More specifically, he was a railroad track inspector. It was the summer of 1898 and…… Continue reading A Brief History of Handcars

Ah, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the trains. They were the devils and the angels that September day in 1894, weren’t they? Sure as my name’s McFly, I’ll tell you the…… Continue reading The Great Hinckley Fire