Sunday Special: Back from a ‘deadly’ trip to Florida
Excerpts from my talk in Winter Garden
Tales from the Rails
Exploring the intersection of trains, travel and history.
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‘Death on the Rails’: Florida’s earliest railroad mishaps
As tracks pushed across Florida and connected the state with the rest of the country, the risks followed
The age-old question of any disaster is really: what if?
Based on the closing of my talk in Winter Garden, Florida, on August 10
‘Blood Red Rails’: The 1888 Savannah, Florida & Western Railway disaster at Blackshear, Georgia
Seventeen were killed, according to the 'final' tally
To parallel the Western & Atlantic Railroad?
Inside the plan that led to legal action, then no action
Railroad Replay: Smyrna, Georgia: One Town’s Unexpected Railroad History
This is part of presentation from October 31, 2025
'Fanning Friday: July 31, 2026
Don’t be part of my next presentation.
‘That train may run off the bridge.’
A look at what happened in Clarksville, Tennessee, on June 13, 1947
Podcast: The Nation’s Deadliest Train Wreck (Probably)
Listen to a retelling of the Great Train Wreck near Nashville, Tennessee, in July 1918
Railroad Negligence and Bills of Lading: A Case Study on the Western & Atlantic Railroad
The collapse of Akers Brothers in the late 1880s reflected the broader economic strains gripping the nation at the time