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Jan 12, 2025
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Transportation

The McKeen Railmotor

TGR Staff – 07/22/2021 The McKeen Railmotor was a self-propelled railcar designed by the  McKeen Company of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1905. The McKeen was innovative as one of the first railmotors with
3 years ago

The Denver Zephyr

by Michael Satterfield The new stainless steel train, built by the Budd Company, offered all room sleeping accommodations and, in addition to a full diner, offered a Vista-dome coffee shop car called
7 years ago

Aérotrain

by Michael Satterfield Aérotrain was developed in France in the early ’60s as a possible answer to Europe’s need for mass-transit. The name comes not from the streamlined shape, but from the
10 years ago