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Freight Railroads

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Amtrak's Ancestors: The Huntington's Exhibit on the History of the Transcontinental Railroad

    Long before studios, hippies, method actors and reality-show wannabes headed out west, the Pacific Coast was a destination for farmers, miners, prospectors and other wagon-wheeling homesteaders who were looking for a new way of life. Two years after California struck gold in 1848, it became a part o ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 5, 2009

    Writing the Trains: Graffiti on Freight Cars

    Long before studios, hippies, method actors and reality-show wannabes headed out west, the Pacific Coast was a destination for farmers, miners, prospectors and other wagon-wheeling homesteaders who were looking for a new way of life. Two years after California struck gold in 1848, it became a part o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Is L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Screwing Over a Little Guy?

    Ever since his arrival as the new Los Angeles City Attorney this summer, Carmen Trutanich has loved to come across as a man of the people.L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich​Trutanich has sparred with the L.A. City Council to the delight of many community activists; he has also personally held a t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Update: Naser 'Jimmy' Nasralla Finds A Lawyer

    Naser Nasralla, the homeless man known as "Jimmy" who lives in a tent near a stretch of railroad tracks in Northridge, woke up this Monday after only a few hours sleep. As usual, he fed the stray, abandoned cats in his neighborhood until the early morning. But now Jimmy needed to take care of himsel ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2009

    Jimmy On the Edge of Town

    A Homeless Christian-Muslim From Palestine Pitches a Tent Behind Bed Bath & Beyond in Northridge. Then Come the Railroad Men and Feral Cat Activists.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Train-ing Day Shocker: NTSB Releases Report on Metrolink Engineer's Ride-Along Program

    Federal investigators have revealed for the first time that not only had Metrolink engineer Robert Sanchez allowed youthful train enthusiasts to ride along with him in his locomotive's cab, but also permitted some to work the train's controls. In fact, Sanchez, an avid text-messenger, was busy makin ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    June 8, 2006

    Freight Train Graffiti

    Federal investigators have revealed for the first time that not only had Metrolink engineer Robert Sanchez allowed youthful train enthusiasts to ride along with him in his locomotive's cab, but also permitted some to work the train's controls. In fact, Sanchez, an avid text-messenger, was busy makin ... More >>

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Trucker Talk

    Federal investigators have revealed for the first time that not only had Metrolink engineer Robert Sanchez allowed youthful train enthusiasts to ride along with him in his locomotive's cab, but also permitted some to work the train's controls. In fact, Sanchez, an avid text-messenger, was busy makin ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Ports of Cough

    What it will take to clean up the mess caused by ships and trucks

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    The Hobohemians

    On the rails with the new freedom riders

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