WELCOME!
Camp Chug-A-Long
EPISODE 27: Dr. Enid Pinkney
& the Jim Crow
WELCOME!
Camp Chug-A-Long
EPISODE 27: Dr. Enid Pinkney
& the Jim Crow
Facts on the Tracks Lesson 1: Edwin A. Link
Welcome to Facts on the Tracks Lesson 1: Edwin Link!
This YouTube video posted by Hal Dunn gives an introduction on Edwin A. Link.
Edwin A. Link was an American inventor, entrepreneur and pioneer in aviation, underwater archaeology, and submersibles.
He invented the flight simulator, which was called the "Blue Box" or "Link Trainer." It was commercialized in 1929, starting a now multibillion-dollar industry.
Pictured (Left): Edwin A. Link
In the 1920s, he developed the Link Trainer, "a fuselage-like device with a cockpit and controls that produced the motions and sensations of flying."
He formed the Link Aeronautical Corporation in 1929 to manufacture the trainers.
Pictured (Right): Edwin Link sits in the pilot trainer developed by his company, Link Aviation Devices.
The Link Two-Foot Gauge Train was donated to the Gold Coast Railroad Museum by the family of Mr. Edwin A. Link. Mr. Link owned and operated the train on his personal property in Jupiter, Florida.
Upon his death, his family donated the train, track, and other equipment to the museum. During regular museum operations, GCRM provides Link Train rides.
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Dining On The Rails
The California Zephyr was a train that ran from Chicago, Illinois to Oakland, California between 1949 and 1970. The Silver Crescent, currently on display at GCRM, is one of the many vista dome cars that operated as part of the California Zephyr
The California Zephyr's route between Chicago, IL and Oakland CA covered 2,525 miles each trip, and averaged 2.5 days to complete. Because of this, passengers had rooms to sleep in, and ate in dining cars, being served their meal of choice from the menu!
The menus aboard the California Zephyr offered quite a variety of meals!
For Lunch, passengers were met with a list of appetizers, entrees, sandwiches, salads, desserts and beverages.
Shrimp cocktails, broiled sirloin steak. freshly baked pies and chicken salad were some of the choices on the menu