19 episodes
Tracks Through Time FreightWaves
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5.0 • 7 Ratings
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Focusing on telling engaging stories throughout the history of freight and transportation that shaped the industry we know today
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Find out how the Rockefeller Christmas is transported year after year
Did you know there's one company that always handles delivering the tree for Christmas at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York? Find out about the history of its logistics and the process of picking the tree in this week's episode.
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How Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Logistics Worked For Almost 100 Years
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has gotten bigger and bigger every year since 1924, but how can such a big logistics program be pulled off year after year? Brielle Jaekel and Mary O'Connell dive into how it works throughout the years.
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The Dangerous Job of Delivering Mail by Airplane in the 1920s
Mail delivery by airplane started in 1918, if you can believe it. The method was dangerous but cut down delivery time by a day.
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Haunted Highways
Deputy editor Brielle Jaekel and 3PL expert Mary O’Connell tell stories of haunted highways to celebrate Halloween.
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Truck driver's vanishing act: The Devin Williams story
In this chilling episode, we delve into the baffling 1995 disappearance of truck driver Devin Williams, who vanished without a trace in the heart of Arizona's Tonto National Forest, leaving behind a perplexing mystery that still haunts investigators to this day.
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Lessons from the Inferno: The Texas City Disaster
In 1947, tragedy struck the port in Texas City, Texas, when a French ship carrying highly flammable fertilizer caught fire and caused devastation to the port town. But the lessons learned from the incident likely saved lives in the years following.
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