Laura Gwen
@lauragwen.bsky.social
Trains, travel, history, genealogy, cemeteries
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social woohoo!
May 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social woohoo!
@day.nws-bot.us
Half a large tree down on 732 1 mile south of Hurston Park
Half a large tree down on 732 1 mile south of Hurston Park
April 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@day.nws-bot.us
Half a large tree down on 732 1 mile south of Hurston Park
Half a large tree down on 732 1 mile south of Hurston Park
After experiencing engine difficulties Friday night/Saturday, @amtrak.com ’s Cardinal returns to the east coast with a CSX lead early Sunday morning
April 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
After experiencing engine difficulties Friday night/Saturday, @amtrak.com ’s Cardinal returns to the east coast with a CSX lead early Sunday morning
Floyd Smith, inventor of the modern parachute, demonstrating the parachute at Anacostia, Maryland, 1920
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Floyd Smith, demonstration of parachute, March 1920
“The first working modern parachute was developed by trapeze artist turned aviator Floyd Smith. He became interested in parachutes after having survived a near-fatal airplane accident while working as...
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March 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Floyd Smith, inventor of the modern parachute, demonstrating the parachute at Anacostia, Maryland, 1920
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Cincinnati union terminal time lapse of NS arriving
December 22, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Cincinnati union terminal time lapse of NS arriving
December 8, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Is anyone interested in photos of old American Air Force WWI/Early WWII planes? I can start posting some.
December 8, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Is anyone interested in photos of old American Air Force WWI/Early WWII planes? I can start posting some.
“The fate of mankind is in the hands of fools.”
Sign at protest against Iraq war, Washington, DC, Jan 1991
Sign at protest against Iraq war, Washington, DC, Jan 1991
December 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
“The fate of mankind is in the hands of fools.”
Sign at protest against Iraq war, Washington, DC, Jan 1991
Sign at protest against Iraq war, Washington, DC, Jan 1991
Anyone know the route the N&W J unit took in like 1990 or 1991?
December 5, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Anyone know the route the N&W J unit took in like 1990 or 1991?
What happens when someone with the mentality of a five-year-old designs a truck
"So that can be a major problem when you're driving in the wintertime because if snow builds up right here, the headlights are going to be completely blocked."
December 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
What happens when someone with the mentality of a five-year-old designs a truck
December 1, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Eurostar travel reservation, 1994
Travel from Waterloo to Paris Gare du Nord, Dec 1994
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December 1, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Virgin trains timetable, principal routes, winter 2000
November 29, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Virgin trains timetable, principal routes, winter 2000
Are those all legal connections on the @lego float?
November 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Are those all legal connections on the @lego float?
#Intercity Gatwick Express brochure, 1993-1994
November 26, 2024 at 2:43 AM
#Intercity Gatwick Express brochure, 1993-1994
November 23, 2024 at 8:51 PM
This guy does awesome maps. I have two or three of them!
I also design fully researched historical transit network maps, like this one of Spokane in 1912, when 25 city streetcar lines were in operation, plus multiple interurban electric lines.
Zoomable map here: transitmap.net/maps/spokane...
Project page here: transitmap.net/electric-rai...
Zoomable map here: transitmap.net/maps/spokane...
Project page here: transitmap.net/electric-rai...
November 17, 2024 at 2:36 AM
This guy does awesome maps. I have two or three of them!
Did you know you can run the engine from the Detroit and Mackinaw ferry Chief Wawatam at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowac?
www.american-rails.com/mackinac.html
www.american-rails.com/mackinac.html
Detroit and Mackinac Railway: "The Turtle Line"
The Detroit & Mackinac Railway, better known as "The Turtle Line," served northern Michigan for over a century.
www.american-rails.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Did you know you can run the engine from the Detroit and Mackinaw ferry Chief Wawatam at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowac?
www.american-rails.com/mackinac.html
www.american-rails.com/mackinac.html
One of my most popular videos is this tilt-shift of an arriving NS RoadRailer and CSX at the Cincinnati Union Terminal.
youtu.be/x6lxB9HI3Tw?...
youtu.be/x6lxB9HI3Tw?...
CSX coal departs and NS roadrailer arrives
YouTube video by laura f
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November 16, 2024 at 3:08 PM
One of my most popular videos is this tilt-shift of an arriving NS RoadRailer and CSX at the Cincinnati Union Terminal.
youtu.be/x6lxB9HI3Tw?...
youtu.be/x6lxB9HI3Tw?...