What wonderful museum with such rich history. The craftsmanship in these older buildings is just amazing. Thanks for taking us along with you on your travels!
Where my G-mother was born, her parents from County Kerry. Later UPRR became my client and one of their employee's a dear friend. (Miss you Monnie Jo, may God bless your Soul with Eternal Positive Energies). Much love to Omaha and Council Bluffs.
I've only traveled by train once, but it was a fun experience. My then 3 year old daughter and I traveled from Dallas to Chicago. Other than my daughter picking up impetigo from the train seat, I loved it. My Mom and Pops traveled by train a lot in the 40's. Mom still talks about how much she enjoyed it. Thanks for these interesting videos. Blessings all!!!!!
Such a really cool place to visit. Such a Beautiful building that was thankfully preserved. The trains are really cool too . Thank you for posting and sharing . Stay safe on your travels good sir .
LOL Been there done that! Works Great! Long ago in America, the Train Engineers would throw candy at us as they passed, it was great, nobody got hurt. Amazing! Such a clean community.
Great presentation. At a time when we’ve become so wrapped up in the humdrum of daily life (especially with CoVid) it was refreshing to take a step back in time. My first train was on my way to boot camp in Chicago during the Viet Nam War and hadn’t been on one again until an AMTRAK ride from N.C. to Washington and my how it had changed. I think everyone should ride one at least once. It’s so,peaceful and comfortable now. Thanks for the reminder of this rich history.
What a neat station the beautiful wood work.I got to ride in a dining car in Arkansas.They served us lunch and we rode for about 2 hours.It was wonderful and the wood work was all original and gorgeous. They tale Fall Folage trips.Thank you so much.😊❤💓😚
The Club Car was where riders could purchase food and drinks. The car often featured large windows and comfortable seating to create a relaxing diversion from standard coach or dining options. In earlier times (and especially on the "name" trains), a lounge car was more likely to have a small kitchen, or grill and a limited menu. Food was prepared to order and often cooked, though items such as club sandwiches would have usually been part of the offerings. People have always been able to bring their own food on board a train, but it's cold food, sandwiches, etc. No one ever brought food on a train and cooked it themselves.
Really are some awesome videos you are putting out! An item in the men’s waiting room in this episode caught my eye. The red diamond above a doorway says Railway Express Agency. Several of generations of my family worked for this company.
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Another wonderful video through an old train station, also enjoyed the added trip through the train. Have one question: at 4:40 in the video you filmed a small stool and it was described as a step stool. Looked a good bit more like a shoe shine stool? Fascinating.
That was pretty interesting about the trains. I have been to council bluffs Iowa many years ago but I don't remember anything if they had a train museum. Just a lot of covered bridges. But I Love trains the railroad and I love the history about it thank you for sharing this.
My Grandpa worked on the Railroad during World War II. He actually lived through both World Wars. He was to young for the first and to old for the second. So these two videos have been very interesting for me. I enjoyed seeing Big Boy in the last video and in this video it was neat to see the caboose because my mom was born in 1939 (don't tell her I told you her age😉 ) anyway, they lived in a caboose during the time my grandpa worked on the railroad during World War II in New Mexico. So yeah I really enjoyed these 2 videos. Thank you for sharing.
08:20 -- "We're gonna go up here and just take a quick look"... How do you take a quick look at an old choo-choo?! lol It cant be done. These Iron Horses are fascinating. Anyone who has been up close and touched one without being significantly moved has no soul. I know, you had to keep the video short. But I'm talking to the readers of the comments here. Folks, if you ever have a chance to examine one of these old engines, dont pass it up. Especially if you have kids. Get out of your car and take the time to walk around one. Examine the engineering it took to build it. The work and craftsmanship. Appreciate the work that went into it. You'll never forget it.
The different colored brick reminded me of the different colored brick at Fort Jefferson. But that is a totally different History Underground trip. Thanks for the travels...
On my bucket list someday is to do a trip like this following as best as can be in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark on the Missouri river. Can't really find anything sponsored trips except on the Columbia river portion.
@3:55: That's the train conductor's uniform @4:35: Shoe-shine stand. I grew up in Nebraska, both Beatrice and Omaha, and I've visited this depot many times.
TBNTX - Yeah, on that stand, I thought the same thing but the information attached to it said differently so I just rolled with what they said. There was a personal story attached to it so I wonder if it was modified for a step stand or something 🤷🏻♂️
@@TheHistoryUnderground: No worries. What I remember from the stories told to me (from long ago), was that when the trains stopped at the stations in Council Bluffs and Omaha, the male passengers stepped off of the trains to visit the "necessary" rooms. Some enterprising youngsters would bring these shoe-polishing stands track-side, and offer these men to polish their shoes so that they would look their best at their destination. I can't prove that this what really happened, but over the years, I've heard this same story lots of times.
I have a collection of railroad things. 2 glass insulators used on poles, a few spikes, and one I painted with gold metallic paint, one tie plate and a 1940's conductor's lantern I restored to it's original condition, I had to find online the original kerosene tank with a wick fount. It also has a cylindrical red glass lens.
My dear friend & adopted grandmother Toni Edward's was a telegraph operator for the railroad out of Keddy, California when the California Zephyr train was in operation; she used to keep a lot of her old telegraph equipment in her house & she had two lamps in her house made from old railroad stop & go lights
I am 73 yo and have learned a lot from you. I am a dyed in the wool southerner. I do believe the stand in the station was not or women to get on the train with but was a shoe stand for a gentleman to put his feet on for a shoe polish. Thanks
From not hearing from someone for months to years... To telegraphs making it possible to get word within a week.. To now TALKING (texting lol) 24 hrs a day at 1000 miles apart. Wild. Interesting
This is quite interesting to me. I grew up mostly in Sacramento at the other end of the Transcontinental Railroad and know nothing of the eastern part. My dad worked for Southern Pacific Railroad as a ticket agent until Amtrak took over passenger service. After retirement he volunteered at the California State Railroad Museum specializing on the Railway Post Office car. His great Uncle worked on one but I'm not sure of the time frame.
ViperGTS MRE - Me neither. That’s why I just rolled with it. But I got paranoid and went back to look at that shot. It definitely says that it was a step stool made by some local there.
Nice video as always. I wonder if you made it farther west to North Platte Nebraska and went to Golden Spike tower over looking the largest rail yard in the country. Very interesting place.
i asked you a couple months ago about youtube algorithms and why your videos were getting to me. We both kinda determined better late than never. Wellp....there it is in your cup holder ....Jocko lol Peace and thanks for all your videos...great stuff
On my dad side the family was all railroaders. My great grandfather and grandpa road on the caboose. Ice would have been 4 generation if i choose to work on the railroad
Weighing the luggage helps conductor keep total gross weight of train & cargo within requirements to go around corners without tipping over. Or, crossing bridges & not collapse under weight
*I WORKED AS A CONDUCTOR FOR THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY on the MIDDLE DIVISION FOR 20+ YEARS. I worked as a Passenger Train Baggage Man, also; and we did not weigh Passenger's Luggage; however we did weigh carry-on freight and items not considered Baggage. However, I am not sure how AMTRAK does it. By the way, Railway Post Offices were excellent. On the Santa Fe we would stop to unload and load mail unless it was a small bag. That item that you showed next to the track was most likely a Train Order Rack and I do not remember U.S Mail being racked that way because it would be almost impossible to reach out of an RPO Car to snag it. INJURIES ARE SOMETHING THAT RAILROADS DO NOT LIKE. PRESIDENT NIXON CANCELED THE MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE AAR and SINCE THEN MAIL COSTS MORE TO MOVE AND IT TAKES MORE TIME. I live 35 miles from Newton Kansas and if I mail a letter there it goes to Kansas City then to Wichita and then to Newton! If I go 10 miles West, that same letter would go to Wichita Kansas and then back to Newton! UNBELIEVABLE!*
Studies and Statistics claim that the Rolling Railroad Postal System was considered one of the most efficient ways to distribute the mail. Those Trains then could fly on those tracks which were maintained by an army of Track Walkers. That Train was at the peak of Rail in the USA. Great. Thank you.
Tried pausing to read the card on that stool and couldn’t make it out. However I’m certain that, that wasn’t used to board a train it was used by a shoe shiner. The shiner would carry it with them to the customer. The metal brackets are where the customer would put up their feet for better accessibility for the shiner to reach the shoes.
That is not a step stool but the stand for shinning shoes. There was a seat higher for the man to sit on and place his dad shoes on the iron forms for the shoe shine.
Your steps reminds me of a shoe shine stand. On the Santa fe rail road in Newton , kansas. Fred Harvey company prepared meals to load on the train. Women went along to serve the meals. They were called Harvey girls. 1940's time frame.
That wasn't a "stepstool". That was a footrest that would be used by "Boot-blacks" to shine shoes. They were still in use in the 60s in a lot of train and bus stations.
That's what I thought at first too but I rolled with the description that they had there at the museum. Apparently someone had modified it for use as a stepstool.
You made several mistakes, even granting that I have experienced passenger rail service and my Husband worked on passenger trains. You did not bring your own food to the club car or the dining car; and the rear brakeman and freight conductors did not stick their heads up into the cupola of the caboose; there were seats facing both ways up there. As Mr. Stewart pointed out, that was a shoe shining stand, and would have been in the station, not on the train itself. The telegraph instruments in the Depot would have been for communication with the Dispatcher first of all; and also for sending messages between members of the public secondarily. The Dispatcher would send messages to the train crews by train numbers and even engine numbers: "C&E Train 35. Engine 450: Meet train 30 at Mile 452. Train 35 take siding" for example. Such a message had to go to Conductor and Engineer on Train 35, Engine 450; and a lot of times the Station Agent had to hand up the orders to the Conductor and Engineer using a specially made stick, called an order hoop as the train went by. Minor point of interest.
Sounds like you definitely know trains better than me. On all of the things that you mentioned, I was drawing from the information in the museum and from our guide. I had some others bring up the shoe shine stand/step stool as well. Just to be sure, I went back and looked at the original footage and paused it where it I could read the description, which described it as a step stool that a local had built. So on this one, I was pretty much leaning on the information that I was getting in the moment. I’ll try to do a better job in the future. Thanks!
*The TRAIN OPERATOR ALSO CALLED THE ENGINEER, DID NOT WEAR A UNIFORM. THE CONDUCTOR and FLAGMAN WORE UNIFORMS like YOU PICTURED! CHAIRCAR ATTENDANTS AND PORTERS ALSO WORE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF UNIFORM as DID THE DINING CAR STEWARDS!*
I live 5 minutes from this place. Each year they have railroad days. Takes you though 5 different museums with travel provided for about 20 bucks a family. Look up omaharailroaddays.com. Pretty fun
*PASSENGERS DID NOT COOK FOOD, the RAILROAD SUPPLIED COOKS and STEWARDS; in fact, PASSENGERS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN THE KITCHEN AREA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF INJURY!*
I like your videos. Makes it feel like I'm traveling to during quarantine.
Thanks 😊
What wonderful museum with such rich history. The craftsmanship in these older buildings is just amazing. Thanks for taking us along with you on your travels!
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Thanks for these JD.
Thank you for watching!
Where my G-mother was born, her parents from County Kerry.
Later UPRR became my client and one of their employee's a dear friend. (Miss you Monnie Jo, may God bless your Soul with Eternal Positive Energies).
Much love to Omaha and Council Bluffs.
I've only traveled by train once, but it was a fun experience. My then 3 year old daughter and I traveled from Dallas to Chicago. Other than my daughter picking up impetigo from the train seat, I loved it. My Mom and Pops traveled by train a lot in the 40's. Mom still talks about how much she enjoyed it. Thanks for these interesting videos. Blessings all!!!!!
Thanks for sharing that!
Nothing like climbing around on a bunch of rail cars. They did a great job restoring the station. Thanks for another interesting video. 👍
Yeah, I found the whole place pretty interesting. Glad that you liked it. Thanks.
Such a really cool place to visit. Such a Beautiful building that was thankfully preserved. The trains are really cool too . Thank you for posting and sharing . Stay safe on your travels good sir .
Thanks! Really enjoyed this place.
LOL Been there done that! Works Great!
Long ago in America, the Train Engineers would throw candy at us as they passed, it was great, nobody got hurt. Amazing!
Such a clean community.
Wow! Sad that I missed out on those days.
Well done, wonderful to see and hear the stories behind what made America. Thank you.
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What a fascinating place to visit. Thank you. I would also think in Council Bluffs, you could get a pretty good steak if you're so inclined.
Pretty cool place. I’ll have to go for a steak the next time through.
I choo choo choose this as my favorite History channel , another fine job and i thank you ! Can't wait for the next one.
Ha! Thanks. Much appreciated 🙏🏼
!I really do love your channel. It is so interesting, and you explain all that your showing us so well. Thank you for making your video's!
Thank you so much!
Think about working in a depot and all the people you would meet over the years...how cool!! Thanks for the video , good job as always
No kidding. Would’ve been an interesting job. Thanks!
Great presentation. At a time when we’ve become so wrapped up in the humdrum of daily life (especially with CoVid) it was refreshing to take a step back in time. My first train was on my way to boot camp in Chicago during the Viet Nam War and hadn’t been on one again until an AMTRAK ride from N.C. to Washington and my how it had changed. I think everyone should ride one at least once. It’s so,peaceful and comfortable now. Thanks for the reminder of this rich history.
Thanks! I've actually given some thought to doing a series where I take a train ride somewhere and show some stops along the way.
What a neat station the beautiful wood work.I got to ride in a dining car in Arkansas.They served us lunch and we rode for about 2 hours.It was wonderful and the wood work was all original and gorgeous. They tale Fall Folage trips.Thank you so much.😊❤💓😚
Wow! Sounds like a cool experience.
My grandfather and great grandfather worked on mail trains, awesome to see what those cars looked like.
The trains are huge and very nice. I would think a ride on them would be alright. Your photography is excellent.
Thanks! Pretty fascinating pieces from the past.
I live in Omaha, and never heard of this place. Thanks!!! I'll buy you coffee!!!
I'm serious!!
Wow! Jeez what a super video. Each one gets better then the last. An the last one was great. Who doesn’t like trains. Thanks.
Thanks!
The Club Car was where riders could purchase food and drinks. The car often featured large windows and comfortable seating to create a relaxing diversion from standard coach or dining options. In earlier times (and especially on the "name" trains), a lounge car was more likely to have a small kitchen, or grill and a limited menu. Food was prepared to order and often cooked, though items such as club sandwiches would have usually been part of the offerings. People have always been able to bring their own food on board a train, but it's cold food, sandwiches, etc. No one ever brought food on a train and cooked it themselves.
Thanks for the extra info. I pretty much just parroted what the guide told me on that one 🤷🏻♂️
Really are some awesome videos you are putting out! An item in the men’s waiting room in this episode caught my eye. The red diamond above a doorway says Railway Express Agency. Several of generations of my family worked for this company.
Interesting! Thanks 🙏🏼
You have a very interesting and informative way of presenting you subjects. Thank you very much.
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I enjoy the classic journey’s you share with all of us. Incredible moments of forgotten history and humanity’s evolution to modern travel 🧭 Fascinating ! Travel safely Good Friend 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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I are amazing with the history you find. I enjoy these sagements very much.
Thanks! I like exploring some of these lesser known spots and learning what I can.
Another wonderful video through an old train station, also enjoyed the added trip through the train. Have one question: at 4:40 in the video you filmed a small stool and it was described as a step stool. Looked a good bit more like a shoe shine stool? Fascinating.
Well, that’s what I thought too at first. But the information placard and the guide told me differently.🤷🏻♂️
This is so interesting thank you I really enjoy watching your videos
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Love it keep them coming your world War 2 videos was great keep up the great work ....
Thank you. Just shot some more WWII content for some future episodes that I hope you’ll find interesting 🙂
This is all reminding me of the show "Hell On Wheels" Definitely one of my favorite TV shows of all time
Hmmm. Never saw that one.
One of the best series I’ve ever seen. Watched it all the way through three times haha.
That was pretty interesting about the trains. I have been to council bluffs Iowa many years ago but I don't remember anything if they had a train museum. Just a lot of covered bridges. But I Love trains the railroad and I love the history about it thank you for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it! Feel free to share it out :)
My Grandpa worked on the Railroad during World War II. He actually lived through both World Wars. He was to young for the first and to old for the second. So these two videos have been very interesting for me. I enjoyed seeing Big Boy in the last video and in this video it was neat to see the caboose because my mom was born in 1939 (don't tell her I told you her age😉 ) anyway, they lived in a caboose during the time my grandpa worked on the railroad during World War II in New Mexico. So yeah I really enjoyed these 2 videos. Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting learning about the separate waiting rooms . Things sure have changed 😯I enjoyed this video 🤩
Very much so.
very cool! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure! Thanks 🙏🏼
08:20 -- "We're gonna go up here and just take a quick look"... How do you take a quick look at an old choo-choo?! lol It cant be done. These Iron Horses are fascinating. Anyone who has been up close and touched one without being significantly moved has no soul. I know, you had to keep the video short. But I'm talking to the readers of the comments here. Folks, if you ever have a chance to examine one of these old engines, dont pass it up. Especially if you have kids. Get out of your car and take the time to walk around one. Examine the engineering it took to build it. The work and craftsmanship. Appreciate the work that went into it. You'll never forget it.
As a family we spent hours at every train museum we could find, plenty of them in the midwest. and where Patriotic Americans appreciate history.
Absolutely! Just imagine what it took to build one of these things.
The different colored brick reminded me of the different colored brick at Fort Jefferson. But that is a totally different History Underground trip. Thanks for the travels...
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On my bucket list someday is to do a trip like this following as best as can be in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark on the Missouri river. Can't really find anything sponsored trips except on the Columbia river portion.
I’ve had that on my list as well.
@3:55: That's the train conductor's uniform
@4:35: Shoe-shine stand.
I grew up in Nebraska, both Beatrice and Omaha, and I've visited this depot many times.
TBNTX - Yeah, on that stand, I thought the same thing but the information attached to it said differently so I just rolled with what they said. There was a personal story attached to it so I wonder if it was modified for a step stand or something 🤷🏻♂️
@@TheHistoryUnderground: No worries.
What I remember from the stories told to me (from long ago), was that when the trains stopped at the stations in Council Bluffs and Omaha, the male passengers stepped off of the trains to visit the "necessary" rooms.
Some enterprising youngsters would bring these shoe-polishing stands track-side, and offer these men to polish their shoes so that they would look their best at their destination.
I can't prove that this what really happened, but over the years, I've heard this same story lots of times.
This is a beautiful video.
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I really like and appreciate the knowledge you have and share! Learning a lot
Loved this.. Very interesting piece of history...
Glad that you liked it!
Another awesome video. Thanks for you efforts. If you ever get out to Denver, Colorado, check out the Richthofen Castle. You'll love it!!
Awesome! Thanks for the heads up.
These old rail museums, especially the old cars are very interesting. We have one in Pine Bluff Ar. Very cool.
Any trains are always fascinating. But old steam enigines are awesome
Completely agree.
I have a collection of railroad things. 2 glass insulators used on poles, a few spikes, and one I painted with gold metallic paint, one tie plate and a 1940's conductor's lantern I restored to it's original condition, I had to find online the original kerosene tank with a wick fount. It also has a cylindrical red glass lens.
Thank you for your nice video tour
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My dear friend & adopted grandmother Toni Edward's was a telegraph operator for the railroad out of Keddy, California when the California Zephyr train was in operation; she used to keep a lot of her old telegraph equipment in her house & she had two lamps in her house made from old railroad stop & go lights
Interesting!
I am 73 yo and have learned a lot from you. I am a dyed in the wool southerner. I do believe the stand in the station was not or women to get on the train with but was a shoe stand for a gentleman to put his feet on for a shoe polish. Thanks
Really nice Tour thanks😊👍
Who the hell downvotes your videos? You do such a great job. Love this channel. I hope the rumors of Deadwood videos you're making are true
Ha! Hard to say. People get spun up about some of the weirdest things. And yes, I've got a few Deadwood videos on the way :)
I love your videos so much information I'm a History buff too!
Thanks! Got a lot on this channel that you may like.
From not hearing from someone for months to years... To telegraphs making it possible to get word within a week.. To now TALKING (texting lol) 24 hrs a day at 1000 miles apart. Wild. Interesting
Very cool. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
This is quite interesting to me. I grew up mostly in Sacramento at the other end of the Transcontinental Railroad and know nothing of the eastern part. My dad worked for Southern Pacific Railroad as a ticket agent until Amtrak took over passenger service. After retirement he volunteered at the California State Railroad Museum specializing on the Railway Post Office car. His great Uncle worked on one but I'm not sure of the time frame.
Definitely hope to get out that way someday.
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Your video excellence continues. 🙂👍
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Great vid, as always... one correction if you don't mind, that looked like part of a shoe shine stand.
Well, I thought the same thing when I first saw it. But the information placard said differently. 🤷🏻♂️
@@TheHistoryUnderground you know your $h!t, so i kind of thought it was something like a mislabeled sign... but i am by no means an expert😄
ViperGTS MRE - Me neither. That’s why I just rolled with it. But I got paranoid and went back to look at that shot. It definitely says that it was a step stool made by some local there.
Very cool Thanks
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Nice video as always. I wonder if you made it farther west to North Platte Nebraska and went to Golden Spike tower over looking the largest rail yard in the country. Very interesting place.
Didn't make it there on this trip. I'll put it on the list though. Thanks!
When I was a kid I always wanted to ride in one of those cabooses that was trailing at the end of the train.
Ha! Me too.
loves history good to go back into the peast
i asked you a couple months ago about youtube algorithms and why your videos were getting to me. We both kinda determined better late than never. Wellp....there it is in your cup holder ....Jocko lol Peace and thanks for all your videos...great stuff
Ha! That’s awesome. #getafterit
On my dad side the family was all railroaders. My great grandfather and grandpa road on the caboose. Ice would have been 4 generation if i choose to work on the railroad
Interesting!
The Railroad Musuem in Sacramento, California is the biggest in the US & there is so much to learn there, tou should check it out
Thanks!
IIIIIIIIIII Love it, so interesting thank you
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That steps tool looked like a shoeshine station. Private club cars had a cook who prepared the food.
I think my great grandfather worked there. He lived in Council Bluffs and worked for the railroad.
I got to see a train pickup mail at a post office gen store in Wilson wva when I was younger
Weighing the luggage helps conductor keep total gross weight of train & cargo within requirements to go around corners without tipping over. Or, crossing bridges & not collapse under weight
My wife’s luggage would have collapsed a small bridge for sure.
In the 1960’s, I helped with the railroad and the RPO, Rail Post Office.
Suggestion: visit the Durham Museum in the former Union Station in Omaha found at 801 South 10th Street. It's impressive.
Thanks for the heads up!
I love the railroad
Very cool 😎
*I WORKED AS A CONDUCTOR FOR THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY on the MIDDLE DIVISION FOR 20+ YEARS. I worked as a Passenger Train Baggage Man, also; and we did not weigh Passenger's Luggage; however we did weigh carry-on freight and items not considered Baggage. However, I am not sure how AMTRAK does it. By the way, Railway Post Offices were excellent. On the Santa Fe we would stop to unload and load mail unless it was a small bag. That item that you showed next to the track was most likely a Train Order Rack and I do not remember U.S Mail being racked that way because it would be almost impossible to reach out of an RPO Car to snag it. INJURIES ARE SOMETHING THAT RAILROADS DO NOT LIKE. PRESIDENT NIXON CANCELED THE MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE AAR and SINCE THEN MAIL COSTS MORE TO MOVE AND IT TAKES MORE TIME. I live 35 miles from Newton Kansas and if I mail a letter there it goes to Kansas City then to Wichita and then to Newton! If I go 10 miles West, that same letter would go to Wichita Kansas and then back to Newton! UNBELIEVABLE!*
the closest we will get to a time a machine. i swear anyone who tries to destroy these items deserve to be put in jail. dont mess with history!!!
Definitely gives us a glimpse into the past.
Studies and Statistics claim that the Rolling Railroad Postal System was considered one of the most efficient ways to distribute the mail. Those Trains then could fly on those tracks which were maintained by an army of Track Walkers. That Train was at the peak of Rail in the USA. Great. Thank you.
Tried pausing to read the card on that stool and couldn’t make it out. However I’m certain that, that wasn’t used to board a train it was used by a shoe shiner. The shiner would carry it with them to the customer. The metal brackets are where the customer would put up their feet for better accessibility for the shiner to reach the shoes.
Nice. Could you visit the old Minot Train Depot in ND?
I’d love to get up to ND someday.
That is not a step stool but the stand for shinning shoes. There was a seat higher for the man to sit on and place his dad shoes on the iron forms for the shoe shine.
I think that the newspaper headline is a reference to the coach - Omaha
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I rode one of the last passenger trains that operated in the late 1960s. Of course it was a diesel electric by then.
That was a shoe shine stand that was said to be a "step stool"
I asked about that and the staff insisted that it was used as a step stool 🤷🏻♂️
Your steps reminds me of a shoe shine stand. On the Santa fe rail road in Newton , kansas. Fred Harvey company prepared meals to load on the train. Women went along to serve the meals. They were called Harvey girls. 1940's time frame.
Ever thought of visiting the Casey Jones museum in Jackson, TN?
Come to New Bern NC!
Also the silver was probably dinner ware for the first class dining car.
Was the luggage weighed or was the scale used for freight?
That wasn't a "stepstool". That was a footrest that would be used by "Boot-blacks" to shine shoes. They were still in use in the 60s in a lot of train and bus stations.
That's what I thought at first too but I rolled with the description that they had there at the museum. Apparently someone had modified it for use as a stepstool.
@@TheHistoryUnderground It would be the other way around. It would be a little hard to get your feet up on those rests.
He's in IOWA!!!! YA
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The "men's room" ...thee original man cave!
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Oh ya, sneak a little JOCKO in there. You two should hook up and chat, that would be a awesome discussion.
Ha! Yeah, it’s good stuff. I’ve been doing a little bit of work with Origin. Who knows? Maybe we can do a few episodes with Jocko in the future.
You made several mistakes, even granting that I have experienced passenger rail service and my Husband worked on passenger trains. You did not bring your own food to the club car or the dining car; and the rear brakeman and freight conductors did not stick their heads up into the cupola of the caboose; there were seats facing both ways up there. As Mr. Stewart pointed out, that was a shoe shining stand, and would have been in the station, not on the train itself.
The telegraph instruments in the Depot would have been for communication with the Dispatcher first of
all; and also for sending messages between members of the public secondarily. The Dispatcher would send messages to the train crews by train numbers and even engine numbers: "C&E Train 35. Engine 450: Meet train 30 at Mile 452. Train 35 take siding" for example. Such a message had to go to Conductor and Engineer on Train 35, Engine 450; and a lot of times the Station Agent had to hand up the orders to the Conductor and Engineer using a specially made stick, called an order hoop as the train went by. Minor point of interest.
Sounds like you definitely know trains better than me. On all of the things that you mentioned, I was drawing from the information in the museum and from our guide. I had some others bring up the shoe shine stand/step stool as well. Just to be sure, I went back and looked at the original footage and paused it where it I could read the description, which described it as a step stool that a local had built.
So on this one, I was pretty much leaning on the information that I was getting in the moment. I’ll try to do a better job in the future. Thanks!
Very interesting that the men and women were split up before boarding the train! Did the men and women get back together on the train?
Yep. Just had separate waiting areas in the station.
*The TRAIN OPERATOR ALSO CALLED THE ENGINEER, DID NOT WEAR A UNIFORM. THE CONDUCTOR and FLAGMAN WORE UNIFORMS like YOU PICTURED! CHAIRCAR ATTENDANTS AND PORTERS ALSO WORE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF UNIFORM as DID THE DINING CAR STEWARDS!*
Looks like Galveston depot
I adore old train depots. I hate to fly. Wish rail travel was still an option.
They are pretty cool.
im familiar with this place. its where i pay off my bounty's in Red Dear Redemption.
I live 5 minutes from this place. Each year they have railroad days. Takes you though 5 different museums with travel provided for about 20 bucks a family. Look up omaharailroaddays.com. Pretty fun
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I don't think that was a step stool. It looks like itwas something to shine shoes on.
*PASSENGERS DID NOT COOK FOOD, the RAILROAD SUPPLIED COOKS and STEWARDS; in fact, PASSENGERS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN THE KITCHEN AREA DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF INJURY!*
No spittoons. Should be spittoons all over
Women separated from the men, just like it was in church during the same time period.