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Who Killed the Train?

by | Feb 1, 2008 | Travel & Preservation

Why you should care, and what you can do to save it.
RAILROAD, n. The chief purpose of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition. That's how Ambrose Bierce defined the railroad in his Devil's Dictionary. Before he vanished in the wilds of Mex


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