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My grandfather tells me the stories of his service on the MRS (military rail service) in American based Japan during the Korean War. He gives personal insight into his experience as a young American man in an unfamiliar land during...

A daughter interviews her Dad about his childhood, debating politics with his dad, when he became a hippy, hitchiking through Europe, discovering the rennaissance faire, and how he met my mom.

A history conversation with my great Poppa

I chose to interview Mike Shaw, a retired BNSF employee. I thought that Mike would have good perspective on what being a railroad engineer was really like. Mike not only had pivotal information on what was expected of him and...

Talked with my Grandpa about his childhood and war story.

So my dad decided to hop a train near UC Davis. This is an interview of him talking about his experience

Will Turk (19) interviews one of his best friends, Hudson Jones (18) about their teenage years growing up in Sacramento

My grandfather William Joseph Jesse and his history of working on the trains in Chicago, IL

We talked about train hopping

Long before texts, emails, and snapchat, if you wanted to talk to someone you either had to write a letter, or use the phone, and not a cell phone. Jake Freedman interviewed his grandfather Saul Freedman about his mid-high school...