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Scenes from the Past > Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
Scenes from the Past > Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
Scenes from the Past > Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
Scenes from the Past > Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
Scenes from the Past > Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
Scenes from the Past > Grand Trunk Western. "The Good Track Road". Photo taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, November 2008.
Scenes from the Past > Vintage image of a Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) railroad locomotive engine and her crew. Circa 1880-1900. Instructions: Mouse over the photo and under "Picture Sizes", select the size you would like to save. After the image loads, right-click, select "Save Image As", rename the file, and click "Save". I like to save to my desktop for easy retrieval. Courtesy of Scenesfromthepast.com.
Scenes from the Past > Hey good lookin'! Vintage image of a New York Central Railroad engineer visitng with his lady friend. Circa 1940s-1950s. Instructions: Mouse over the photo and under "Picture Sizes", select the size you would like to save. After the image loads, right-click, select "Save Image As", rename the file, and click "Save". I like to save to my desktop for easy retrieval. Courtesy of Scenesfromthepast.com.
Scenes from the Past > Movie premiere of "Young Tom Edison" in Port Huron, Michigan, 1940. Released March 15, 1940, starring Mickey Rooney as young Thomas Alva Edison. Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Toms only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things. From Turner Classic Movies ©database: In the early 1860's, in the town of Port Huron, Michigan, young Tom Edison is misunderstood by everyone except his mother Nancy and sister Tannie. When Tom accidentally sets off a smoke bomb in the school house cloakroom, his narrow-minded teacher, Miss Lavina Howard, calls him addled and expels him from school. Although Tom's father Samuel does not understand Tom and is disgusted with his behavior, Tom's mother retains her faith in her son. Soon after, Tom wins the gratitude of Mr. McCarney, the local telegraph operator, when he pulls his little son from the path of an oncoming train. The enterprising Tom gets a job selling concessions to passengers aboard the train on the Grand Trunk Railroad, and when the Civil War starts, Tom begins to print a paper aboard the train informing passengers about the progress of the war. When Tom unwittingly carries a bottle of nitroglycerin aboard the train and sets fire to a car when one of his chemical bottles spills, he has his ears soundly boxed and is thrown off the train by Mr. Nelson, the railroad agent. Derided by the townfolk and his father, Tom plans to run away, but decides to stay when his mother falls gravely ill. In a desperate attempt to provide the needed light for an operation to save his mother's life, Tom breaks into the general store and steals a mirror to intensify the lamp light, only to be accused of theft for his ingenuity. Tom's invention helps the doctor save his mother's life, and he finally wins recognition for his heroism when he prevents a train wreck by sending a Morse code distress message on a train whistle. Tom's inventiveness wins him the admiration of the community and earns him a job as telegraph operator on the railroad. It also earns the respect of his father, who proudly tells his wife that from now on he will be known as the father of Tom Edison.
Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
Scenes from the Past > Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
Grand Trunk Western steam locomotive. Photo by Scott Buel. Taken at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, November 2008.
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