Milepost

Milepost, the Journal of the Friends of the Railroad Museum, is issued four times a year, plus the smaller Annual Meeting issue. Articles range from current museum events to scholarly historical research. It is available only to members of the Friends of the Railroad Museum.  For membership information, click here.

Several sample articles and full editions may be viewed  by clicking as indicated below.

• A Tale of Two Memos: Charles Lindbergh and the Pennsylvania Railroad, by James Alexander Jr. The story of a famous man, locomotive and race.

• The Work Must Go On, by David B. Bucher, Sr. A poem of railroad reality by one who experienced it.

• A Career on the Pennsy, a letter by Richard Donecker upon his retirement.

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•  John Stevens: The Man and the Machine, by James Alexander Jr., a review of  an early American railroad visionary. 1427 KB.

• The Carbondale Local, by Bert Pennypacker, noted railroad historian and author. 1170 KB.

• Milepost December 2007. This is a complete issue! (very large file)

• Milepost November 2007. Another complete issue! (very large file)

Depending on your connection speed, allow time for download of these large PDF files.