Wednesday, July 9, 2025

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND--FOR TRAIN LOVERS ONLY 2025

The 2012 series was wildly popular---alas those four installments were lost in a power surge.....this year’s series will feature more of the same--ephemera, photos, maps, links, articles and more--model railroads, Croton's train history, general train history, toys, tips, the new and the old, etc. etc. etc. 

As was the case last year, we’ll be scouring the rail archives of The Croton Historical Society—and featuring all sorts of train-related items from our growing base of readers as well.

And so without further ado:

 
****CLICK ON THE IMAGE, THEN THE LINK FROM CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES TO READ WALT WHITMAN's SHORT PROSE PIECE, 1882, THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD AND MORE--
Hudson River Sights by Walt Whitman – CROTON

****VINTAGE LUGGAGE LABELS! 
Ah the romance of train travel—and luggage labels—vintage labels! In the days before anonymous soft-sided luggage and cheap travel, where a person visited, how they got there, where they stayed, when they began their traveling life, even how wealthy they were, was chronicled on their leather suitcases in colorful labels. The image of one of these portmanteaus, smattered with scenes of Venice, Cairo and “the Orient” sitting next to a waiting car, airplane or ocean liner, is the very symbol of adventure and romance. SEE MORE FROM HEMMINGS AT Vintage Luggage Labels | The Online Automotive Marketplace | Hemmings, The World's Largest Collector Car Marketplace

****A great postcard, 1928 Chicago and Northwestern Depot http://toyconnect.blogspot.com/2012/04/train-time-1928-chicago-north-western.html

****THE JEWEL-T UNIQUE ART 1950 CIRCUS TRAIN! AMAZING GRAPHICS! GO TO EverythingCroton: ANOTHER GREAT TOY, COURTESY OF CROTON'S OWN SERIOUS TOYZ--THE JEWEL T CIRCUS TRAIN

****Thinking about a garden train? You have come to right place. Garden trains run outside, surrounded by real miniature trees and water features. GO TO THIS FAB SITE NOW! Family Garden Trains<sup><small>TM</small></sup> - Your First Stop for Garden Railroading Fun

STAY TUNED! There will be more!

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