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#railroads — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Gendarmes, with one on a pedal-draisine, Russian Empire, ~1890

  2. For Decades, NASA Has Relied On Trains So Much To Transport Rocket Boosters Across America That It Even Has Its Own Railroad

    For many people, the wonder of spaceflight begins at the launchpad, where heroic astronauts blast off atop some…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #ArtemisII #ArtemisProgram #NASA #NASARailroad #railroads #Rockets #Science #trainhistory #Trains
    newsbeep.com/us/626606/

  3. For Decades, NASA Has Relied On Trains So Much To Transport Rocket Boosters Across America That It Even Has Its Own Railroad

    For many people, the wonder of spaceflight begins at the launchpad, where heroic astronauts blast off atop some…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #ArtemisII #ArtemisProgram #NASA #NASARailroad #railroads #Rockets #Science #trainhistory #Trains
    newsbeep.com/us/626606/

  4. The and an Amtrak Avelia Liberty next to each other, just as God intended 🥲

  5. Last was "The Chinese and the Iron Road," edited by Gordon Chang and Shelley Fisher Fishkin. This compilation of different essays focused on various aspects of the Chinese role in building the transcontinental railroad is a fascinating, eclectic mix of historical detective work, economic history, anthropology, and archeology. Highly recommend

    Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/re (6/6) #history #railroads