The shift in the environment led to Grandpa spinning some new yarns: his zig zag train ride in the war that brought him to Fort Bragg, the time he nearly sold his Cadillac to a stranger at a gas ...
“If you can't go anywhere on a train, what you can do is you can have the locomotive going within the boundaries of the station, which is exactly what we do for these footplate rides.
What is the reason for this behaviour? Why do F1 drivers zig-zag? Do they do it for fun or is there a more technical explanation? Formula 1 drivers zig-zag on track to heat their tyres, optimising ...
Footplate Padre Mark Tronson tells the story of a train driver who was described by fellow locomotive enginemen as one of those seen as "one hundred percenters". In every railway depot, there is a ...
A book cover may or may not tell a story - but the Footplate Padre’s 16 engine driver anecdotes books of railway stories do tell many stories operations. There are books with multiple photos, there ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline congregate, Nov. 21, 2016, on a long-closed bridge on a ...