Comment on C4D Aerotrain by cravingfordesign
Trans-Siberian railroad! Wow, that had to be a experince 
I remember my dad mentioning that his uncle almost got killed in Moscow on a layover when a Russian pulled a knife on him and demanded his socks... He decided that was enough for him and came back to the states..
The building of the Trans-Siberian railroad makes for some interesting reading. One of my sisters has his steamer trunk with the railroad markings on it as well as stickers from Nagasaki in Japan and an Astoria Hotel in TsienTsien, China. I think the railroad linked there in TsienTsien at that time. Even the US military was involved in the building of the railroad. Not much is really mentioned in the history books about it.
The building of the Trans-Siberian railroad makes for some interesting reading. One of my sisters has his steamer trunk with the railroad markings on it as well as stickers from Nagasaki in Japan and an Astoria Hotel in TsienTsien, China. I think the railroad linked there in TsienTsien at that time. Even the US military was involved in the building of the railroad. Not much is really mentioned in the history books about it. Wow, thats something to be proud of!
Im history freak, so I love when people share stories like this with me
Im history freak, so I love when people share stories like this with me
Check out listings for "John Stevens" in railroad history...he was involved in most of the RR construction of the NP, CN, and more. There is some interesting histories about him on the 'net. They said my g-grandfather McDonald started working for the Canadian RR back in the late 1860's on the Grand Trunk section I think but he was with the Canadian Pacific when he took work with the Northern Pacific in 1892 as a conductor. A brother of his was killed up in Edmonton by a freak accident when a train bumped his section of the train while he was on the back steps of his caboose knocking him off the step onto the rail where he was then run over. I have a copy of the story that I got from one of the distant relatives. Interesting reading. I'm still looking for a copy of g-grandpa's obit.
It seems the older I get the more interesting history becomes.
It seems the older I get the more interesting history becomes.