NRHS Convention 2024
The National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) held its 2024 convention in Harrisburg, the capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Attendees traveled to…
Jerry & His DayStarters!
Jerry Del Colliano and I first met when he came to work for us in 1964 at Philadelphia’s fledgling FM station, WDVR….
Riding Rockets & Shooting Stars – A Guest Commentary!
While I fully expected to bring you a fresh Musing of my own, and while I have a number on the drawing…
Music, Maestro, Please…
It’s an art and a science. It’s a universal language. It stirs the senses, kindles the fires of memory, and soothes the…
Seventy-Nine Years Ago this Week!
The date was August 14, 1945 … while I knew a war was going on and that the man who would become…
Who or What is McMurdo Silver?
A while back, my longtime friend, Bill LeGall, sent me three photos — including the one above — of what he told…
Marlin’s Good-Time Picture Show # 7
First off, here are a couple of photos of the love of my life, my wife Alicia. By the time she was…
O, Say, Can You See …
America … the land of freedom, of opportunity – where for much of the past two centuries and continuing today … peoples…
Advice to My Teenage Grandsons – A Guest Commentary!
Today, I bring you another guest commentary which was recently shared by our friend Roy H. Williams, the man who’s known as…
Looking back 80 years … to D-Day: June 6, 1944!
UPDATED ENCORE PRESENTATION of original posted on May 31st, 2018 With today being June 6th, I cannot ignore what occurred on this…
Postcards from the Past!
Yes, the photo above is a scan of an old postcard. The bridge in the foreground is the one railroad bridge that…
WRFM … and its Stars!
I arrived at WRFM in late March 1969 as its new manager … at a time when the station desperately needed help….