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Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah (not)

October 18, 2019 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 8 Comments

Some three decades ago, I began commuting from Charlottesville to Washington, DC, in particular to George Washington University. Being a train buff- and with an accommodating schedule- my trips were via the famed Southern Crescent. This glorious train made the round trip between DC and New Orleans.

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I’ve been working on the railroad

February 7, 2019 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

I have always loved railroads.

Back when I was really little, my grandparents would post my high chair by the rear window of their co-op. And, I would watch one of the busiest rail yards in America for hours. (No, folks. The Pennsylvania Railroad is long gone.)

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