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It’s sad, when you think about it: a retired railroad telegraph operator, who probably once pounded out code at 40 words per minute, with a collection of vintage sounders silently gathering dust ...

Telegraph wires wrapped around spike and sledgehammer ... The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to the forefront of the world's stage.

The Bluff Line Railroad, established in the 1890s, faced natural disasters and ceased operations in 1930.