The cars themselves weren't much to look at ... and derailments were uncomfortably common. Wooden railroad trestles were frequently destroyed by fire or flood. Despite the obstacles, the railroads ...

Train car number 306 was built in the 1900s and originally ran on the Washington Idaho & Montana Railway from 1909 until the 1950s. When the family got their hands on it, the wood was rotting ...

Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of ...