January 2010
4 posts
Granville T Woods Story
ethan7349:
Granville T. Woods was an inventor. He made the multiplex telegraph, the steam-boiler furnace, and an automatic air brake to slow or stop trains. He was born on April 23, 1856. He was known as the”Black Thomas Edison” He Taught himself electrical and mechanical engineering while he was working in railroad machine shops and steel mills. He went to school till he was ten years old. He...
Classic Norfolk Southern SD40-2's
The train rolls by. Three SD40-2’s on the point. It is a great day to be a railfan. Norfolk Southern is in a power crunch and the 3,000 horsepower horses are out of the stable for the day. Good thing I have my camera in hand for some classic EMD action.