Nuclear weapons. For approximately 30 years the safest method for the transportation of this material was by rail. We begin our look at the history of pantex with a visit to the Amarillo Railroad Museum where several cars once used by the plant are now on display. Were trying to preserve the rich Rural Heritage of the texas panhandle. It wouldnt be here if it wasnt for the coming of the railroad. The thing was, we realized real quick the railroads were evolving and changing. We were seeing newer local motives coming on. We were seeing so many changes, so we said we need to preserve some of that before it disappears, so we incorporated as the Amarillo Railroad Museum, with that goal to preserve it, and it was after we incorporated that we bought this property here in the northeast part of amarillo, and, they already had the Railroad Track on it. And weve been, you know, keeping our eyes open for opportunities to acquire certain pieces of rolling stock, and we were fortunate to get the c
Miller center here at the university of virginia, who president says is broad, long term in perspective, balanced, and of course expressed in words, the written word. The other culture is represented in this room in one sense by the presence of pat oliphant. So please breeds path oliphant. I applause even more so by the work of them path oliphant, which you see displayed on the screen. The culture he represents is not broad, it had a specific daily perspective over the course of more than 60 years as a cartoonist, producing more than 10,000 individual cartoons five days a week. In the denver post for several years. Washington star for several years. Along the way, pat oliphant became the first 21st cartoonist to be featured in newspapers all across the country, he was indicated in newspapers for the country. Far from being balanced, they were opinionated. That was part of their virtue. Obviously, not so much inwards, though there are words, especially in pictures, and the work of pot o
Reel america. Saturday at 10 00 p. M. And sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Here on American History tv. The pantex plant in amarillo texas is the nations primary facility for the final assembly dismaptdle. Of Nuclear Weapons. For approximately 30 years the safest method for the transportation of this material was by rail. We begin our look at the history of pantex with a visit to the Amarillo Railroad Museum where several cars once used by the plant are now on display. Were trying to preserve the rich Rural Heritage of the texas panhandle. It wouldnt be here if it wasnt for the coming of the railroad. The thing was, we realized real quick the railroads were evolving and change. We were seeing newer local motives coming on. We were seeing so many changes, so we said we need to preserve some of that before it disappears so we incorporated as the Amarillo Railroad Museum with that goal to preserve it, and it was after we incorporated that we bought this property here in the northeast part of
Kurdish forces in syria say theyve pulled out of a key strategic town in the north east after a temporary truce put an end to fierce fighting. Turkey says its attempting to create a 20 mile safe zone in areas of kurdish control, after President Trump pulled us troops out of the area. Kurdish fighters are now reported to have left ras al ain, on the syrian side of the border, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool has sent us this report from inside Northern Syria. Souad mohammed is numb. Shes been that way since seeing in a morgue the mutilated body of her daughter. The brutal killing of havrin khalaf, a kurdish politician, by Turkish Backed militants, is now being investigated as a war crime. I feel i want to burn down this home, she tells me, because the memories of my daughter are everywhere, and its too hard to bear. Her whole life is playing like a movie in my mind. She told me she blamed turkey and america for her loss. It was the announceme
Kurdish forces in syria say theyve pulled out of a key strategic town in the northeast, after a temporary truce put an end to fierce fighting. Turkey says its attempting to create a 20 mile safe zone in areas of kurdish control, after President Trump pulled us troops out of the area. Kurdish fighters are now reported to have left ras al ain, on the syrian side of the border, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool has sent us this report, from inside Northern Syria. Souad mohammed is numb. Shes been that way since seeing in a morgue the mutilated body of her daughter. The brutal killing of havrin khalaf, a kurdish politician, by Turkish Backed militants, is now being investigated as a war crime. I feel i want to burn down this home, she tells me, because the memories of my daughter are everywhere, and its too hard to bear. Her whole life is playing like a movie in my mind. She told me she blamed turkey and america for her loss. It was the announcem