Grandpa Jesse and the trains

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

The Train Hopper

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

Lil Bev Goes to Arkansas

My mother Beverly recounts her visit from Chicago to Arkansas in 1944 when she was 4 years old.

Army Reserve and NYPD Life Experiences

December 15, 2019 in New Hope, PA, Reagan Chrencik interviewed Larry Alfano. He is an army reserve and former member of the NYPD. He has been deployed and traveled around the world for work. Larry’s job in the NYPD was...

Flying Grandpa

“I had a lot of proud moments, but I had a lot of disappointments too.” The Air Force is about more than just serving your country, and my grandpa Gobel James understands that very well, as he experienced all of...

Trackside Memories

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

Larry Walker

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

The Train Ride

My mom, Christina, describes the time she shared with her grandmother when taking the train to New Mexico.

My interview with Papa

We talked a lot about his childhood and his parents and then transitioned more into talking about the Air Force and his passion for flying.

hijacked to cuba

Grandmother was Traveling to Miami in the late 60’s. Unfortunately on your flight happened to be a Cuban immigrant who ended up hijacking the plane in order to get back to Cuba to see his family and return home. Unfortunately...

The greatest role model

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...

Tom

His previous jobs, parting from his wife, learning to fly a plane

Interview With A Ghanian American Citizen

We talked about his journey to America from Ghana and the challenges he faced

Final Project

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...

Talking with Mom

I talk to my mom about my great grandfather.