Railroad Executive Ralph Budd: Iowa Time Machine August 20, 1897

Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 20, 1897, Railroad executive and innovator Ralph Budd was born on a farm in Black Hawk County, Iowa, near Washburn. Budd sparked the diesel-electric revolution when he introduced the Zephyr streamliner. During a rural childhood focused on hard work and Presbyterian faith, Budd’s family relocated to Des Moines when he was thirteen. After attending North High School…