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...time to season those untested civilian soldiers in North Africa and Italy; time to stockpile in Britain nearly 5 million tons of munitions, thousands of aircraft and an armada of 6,483 ships; time for British and U.S. bombers to cripple Germany's industrial plant and snarl its rail lines; time for the Soviets to bleed the Wehrmacht white on the ghastly killing fields of the eastern front; and, not least, time for Franklin Roosevelt to reassure the American people that their country's cause was just, its leaders prudent and its strategy sound...
...more jarring when Almeida gets mistaken for a terrorist--which happens about once a month, sometimes more. Since 9/11, he says, he has been followed by an Amtrak helicopter, questioned by police and rail workers and described to 911 dispatch as a "suspicious Middle Eastern male." Almeida is of Irish Catholic descent...
Railfans have never been well understood. Rail employees call them trolley jollies, or foamers--for those who foam at the mouth at the sight of trains. Worst of all are FLMs: fans living with mothers. Almeida is aware of the snickering. But the history of the trains--not to mention the sheer thrill of a massive contraption hurtling down the tracks--is stronger than peer pressure. Earlier this spring, Almeida, 42, spent five hours in the cold, hoping to videotape the Ringling Bros. circus train, which never came. While waiting, he lovingly pointed out the faded markings of long-defunct...
...task force also recommended that planners investigate the less likely proposals of bridging over Soldiers Field Road and developing a regional transportation center, with commuter rail, a T stop and Harvard shuttle stops, in the area...
...construction of a new commuter rail and T station, another appealing option, is the subject of an ongoing Harvard-commissioned study of Allston Landing South, a rail yard recently purchased by the University and a likely focal point of its future campus...