0:01:59 Family life
0:04:45 Growing up in a railroad depot and World War II
0:07:34 Railroad work and telegraphy in father’s time
0:09:38 First job as a grocery clerk, the “extra board” and railroad seniority
0:11:45 Interstate Commerce Commission
0:17:22 Morse Telegraph Club
0:26:12 First transcontinental telegraph line
0:23:17 Train dispatching and overcoming communication limits
0:28:39 Telegraphy demonstration
0:35:23 Guglielmo Marconi and wireless telegraphy]]> RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> Central Florida Railroad Depots Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Episode 20 features a discussion of the railroad bells housed at the Halifax Historical Museum and the Central Florida Railroad Museum. This podcast also includes an interview with Dr. Mark Howard Long of the University of Central Florida.]]> A History of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES]]> Halifax Historical Museum]]> Central Florida Railroad Museum]]> Florida Memory Project]]> Archive.org]]> freesound.org]]> A History of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> A History of Central Florida Collection, RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> RICHES.]]> RICHES]]>
Episode 18 features a discussion of time pieces at the Museum of Geneva History, the Central Florida Railroad Museum, and the Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex. This podcast also includes interviews with Dr. Mark Howard Long of the University of Central Florida, Dr. Alexis M. McCrossen of Southern Methodist University, Philip Cross of the National Railway Historical Society, and Ben Green, author of Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr.]]> A History of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES
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Episode 17 features a discussion of a travel dining on steamships in Central Florida. This podcast also includes interviews with Dr. Mark Howard Long of the University of Central Florida, Dr. Tracy J. Revels of Wofford College, and Philip Cross of the National Railway Historical Society.]]> A History of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES]]> Museum of Seminole County History]]> Central Florida Railroad Museum]]> Library of Congress]]> Florida Memory Project]]> A History of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.]]> A History of Central Florida Collection, RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES.]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries, New Podcast Preview: A History of Central Florida." RICHES. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2504.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> RICHES.]]> RICHES]]>
The T&G Railroad was well known for both excellent customer service and frequent derailments. It had many nicknames, including "the Turtle and Gopher," "the Tug and Grunt," and "the Try and Go." Even with only 32 miles of track running from Tavares to Ocoee and a 6-mile spur to Clermont, the railroad was active and productive when Winter Garden was the largest citrus shipping point in the world. In 1949, the T&G generated more perishable freight per mile of track than any Class I railroad in the United States.

On December 31, 1969, the line between Winter Garden and Astatula was abandoned. The station continued to operate as an agency for the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad until March 1978, when it was closed and all services were transferred to a mobile agency. In 1979, the Central Florida Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society purchased and rehabilitated the building for use as its headquarters. The railroad museum opened in 1983. In 2003, the museum became part of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation.]]> Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.]]> Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.]]> Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Winter Garden Heritage Foundation and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Episode 43 focuses on the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, the relationship between the City of Winter Garden and the Foundation, and how the Foundation has changed over time.]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> QuickTime.]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Episode 25 centers on the history of railways in Central Florida and includes an interview with Phil Cross, historian for the National Railway Historical Society and host for the Central Florida Railroad Museum.]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida.]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 1: Preview." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2477.]]> QuickTime.]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>