The 1912 Ligonier Valley Train CrashThe 1912 Ligonier Valley Train Crash
In July, 1912, a joyful Fourth of July outing on a mountain turned into a tragedy when a crowded passenger coach collided head-on with a massive coal train on the
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The Story of the Humming Bird Car: An Appalachian Innovation on Wheels!The Story of the Humming Bird Car: An Appalachian Innovation on Wheels!
In this episode of Stories of Appalachia, we tell the remarkable tale of Talmadge Judd, a backyard innovator from Kingsport, Tennessee, whose vision and mechanical abilities led to the creation
April 6, 1921April 6, 1921
On this day one hundred years ago the Royal Palm, a passenger train traveling from Chicago to Jacksonville, Florida, derailed on Southern Railway tracks near New River, Tennessee, north of
The FallThe Fall
Today we tell the story of a bizarre tragedy that took place aboard a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 in the skies over western North Carolina in 1956. You can subscribe to
TweetsieTweetsie
Many years ago a railroad ran from Johnson City, Tennessee, over the mountains to the North Carolina high country in Boone. This narrow-gauge passenger and freight railroad is no more,