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The End 2 Apr 2012 | 05:00 pm
Three years ago I decided it was time I did some new things. The reason I started the blog was to write. I wanted to write different: short forms and new subjects. I kicked off with four stand-alo...
Give Me Liberty 26 Mar 2012 | 01:00 pm
This is one of those mixed bag posts. If you see a section you don't like, just move on. A few weeks ago in Liberty Enlightening the World you might recall that the back of the package said: Remo...
Ball's Bluff 19 Mar 2012 | 01:00 pm
It was nice day today, Sunday, so we went wandering in the woods in South Mountain Reservation in search of two places. There was a place called Ball's or Balls Bluff that I had never been able to f.....
Doff and Don 12 Mar 2012 | 01:00 pm
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Some character says that in an issue of Superman I read as a kid. The story line did not involve a windy day so I knew it was an old saying, but the mea...
Liberty Enlightening the World 5 Mar 2012 | 04:00 pm
I was handed a little package about two inches high. Patriotic lettering announced it as COLORED GROWING, but it didn't fool me. Why it's Liberty Enlightening the World, America's favorite colossal...
The Persistence of Horses 27 Feb 2012 | 04:00 pm
I've taken the New Jersey Terminals project all the way back to the beginning of railroading in the area. As early as 1812 Stevens had published his Documents Tending to Prove the Superior Advant...
Hudson Tube Recreation Guide 20 Feb 2012 | 04:00 pm
I don't think of the Hudson Tubes, also known as the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, now known as the PATH system... every time I see an ad for H & M the clothing store I think of H & M the railroad......
Elizabeth Loop 13 Feb 2012 | 04:00 pm
Research for the New Jersey Terminals map project is starting to enter the 19th century. I realize that some of my fine sources aren't all that solid on dates before 1900. There's going to be some ...
Stereoview GIFs 6 Feb 2012 | 04:00 pm
This was the week we all heard about New York Public Library's Stereogranimator that makes animated GIF files out of their stereoview collection. I have quite a few stereoviews myself, so I wanted...
Penhorn Creek Railroad 30 Jan 2012 | 04:12 pm
The Penhorn Creek Railroad. The name conjures up thoughts of a doomed short line railway to nowhere projected during one of the railway booms the country experienced one hundred or more years ago....
