All Aboard Episode 040-Size Matters: Three Little Railroads with a BIG Impact

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Size really does matter in railroading, so we're talking about three railroads: The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, the Sandersville Railroad, and the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, which were small in size but big in impact...which continues today. All Aboard!!
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Rail Road Development Corp: RDC Perspectives (scroll down to end): https://rrdc.com/our-philosophy
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Show Bibliography:

1. P&LE System Map: https://multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/P&LE/P&LE%20Maps/P&LE%20System%20Map.pdf Accessed, 4/21/24

2. P&LE WB Train 85 behind Alco power. Collection of Lewis Schneider. Photograph. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2377545#google_vignette Accessed, 4/21/24

3. P&LE – THE FINAL YEARS. Posner, Henry M, III. February 16, 2002. https://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/P&LE/Posner%20speech_p&le_2002_print.pdf Accessed, 4/21/24

4. Ben Tarbutton, III. Georgia Research Alliance. https://gra.org/staff/127/Ben_Tarbutton_III.html Accessed, 4/21/24

5. THE HISTORIC SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD. City of Sandersville, GA. https://www.sandersvillega.org/sandersville-railroad.cfm Accessed, 4/21/24

6. RFP 4-8-4 #604, "Governor Benjamin Harrison" - Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR. Collection of Gary Everhart. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4019231 Accessed 4/21/24

7. Potomac Yard. Wikipedia Article (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_Yard#/media/File:Potomac_Yard_80s.jpg Accessed 4/21/24

8. Metro and City of Alexandria Announce Potomac Yard Station Opening Date. https://www.alexandriava.gov/news-citywide/2023-04-20/metro-and-city-of-alexandria-announce-potomac-yard-station-opening-date Accessed 4/21/24

9. Bewitched | I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha. Season 1, Episode 1, via Classic TV Rewind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuPTA1TBZyU Accessed 4/21/24

10. Harmony Society, Wikipedia Article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_Society Accessed 4/21/24

11. Drugbank Online. Kaolin. https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB01575
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