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American Experience- Streamliners
pbs.org
Learn about these trains and how they helped shape train travel in the 1930's. From PBS.
The American Experience: Riding the Rails
pbs.org
At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America. This site tells the stories of ten of them -- from the reasons they left home…
The Orphan Trains
pbs.org
They were designed to take their passengers to a better place, a fresh start. Features pictures and story of orphans from the cities sent out west. PBS.