On September 13, 1848, in the small town of Cavendish, Vermont, a seemingly ordinary day of railway construction would soon give rise to one of the most extraordinary cases in medical history. Phineas Gage, a 25-year-old foreman overseeing a crew of railroad workers, would…
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On August 25, 1950, as the Korean War raged overseas, the United States faced a critical threat on the home front—a looming nationwide railroad strike that could paralyze the nation’s transportation network and cripple the war effort. Recognizing the catastrophic impact such a strike…
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On June 4, 1876, The Transcontinental Express, also called “The Lightning Express,” made history and it puttered into San Francisco a mere 83 hours or so after it had left New York City. “That any human being could travel across the entire nation in less than four…
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