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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.

A history conversation with my great Poppa

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...

Trains, a career, and running a family couldn’t stop Grandpa from graduating college.

My grandfather, Larry Walker, talking about his childhood summers in Green Mountain Springs, CO.

Richard Monson's Childhood and some of the many jobs he held during his life.

I never got to meet my grandfather and my mom always talked about how much she liked spending time with him. In this interview, she told me more about the train trips they made together when they had to visit...

My grandfather tells me the stories of his service on the Military Railroad 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 wartime.

In this interview we explore my families history with my mother who grew up in Santa Ana in the seventies. She shares details into our family’s past some of the jobs that they did and how she a mexican woman...