Category Archives: FDR

Straphanger Joe Publishes a Novel

Posted on June 2, 2011 by TJ

Seeing our talented Trainjotting correspondents publish books fills us with an extraordinary amount of pride. We were pumped when the brilliant Engine Bob (a.k.a./d.b.a. Robert Klara) published FDR’s Funeral Train, and if it’s possible to be even more psyched, then … Continue reading →

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What Really Happened on FDR’s Funeral Train: An Interview With the Author

Posted on March 16, 2010 by TJ

We’re pleased to report that our old pal Robert Klara–a.k.a. Trainjotting columnist “Engine Bob”–has his new book out today. FDR’s Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance looks at the train carrying the body … Continue reading →

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Engine Bob and ‘FDR’s Funeral Train’

Posted on October 19, 2009 by TJ

It gives me tremendous pleasure to announce the springtime publication of a book about a most unique train ride that chugged through our area nearly 65 years ago. In April 1945, a train hauling the giant bronze casket of Franklin … Continue reading →

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