ENTERTAINMENT
The age of railroads
Michael Delaney
mdelaney@providencejournal.com
![A train is positioned on a turntable in order to move it into a roundhouse at Providence's Union Station, in an undated photo. [The Providence Journal, file]](/gcdn/authoring/2019/02/21/NPRJ/ghows-PJ-826a9c56-3987-3eae-e053-0100007f3b41-d9d0527b.jpeg?width=660&height=507&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
In the last century, the amount of freight moving to, from and through Rhode Island was amazing. Railroad tracks were a major part of the landscape in Providence and other cities. Before the tracks were put underground in downtown Providence in the 1980s, passersby could see all manner of locomotives over the years.
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