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(Or, maybe a different evolution for punk rock, at least.) Somewhere on this board, or elsewhere on the interwebs, I remember seeing a thread where someone posited the question of how the Beatles' music might have evolved had they not gone psychedelic; in other words, how might it have grown...

The thread posted by @Andrew Boyd the other day about the Transportation Act of 1929 got me to do some thinking. The anthracite railroads were very wealthy around the beginning of the 20th Century but were limited in scope, and even back then were usually thought of as being absorbed by big...

First, some background: Up to the first decade of the 1900s, the New York Central & Hudson River (later just New York Central, or NYC) was the only railroad to operate a passenger terminal directly onto the island of Manhattan. The NYC's main line, following the Hudson River from the north...

There's probably a thread already out here like this, but a cursory search didn't turn one up, and I'm too lazy to look further. Sooooo.... HOGAN'S HEROES "The Changeling": Original airdate, April 18, 1971 and April 25, 1971 (two parts) An unexpected shock at Stalag 13: Arriving at the camp...

Hello all, I'm rebooting this idea from last year, with some new TL rules. Hopefully also some fresh ideas from people. The way it's going to work is this: 1. I'm going to start with the POD, which takes place in the "hometown" area I'm claiming for myself, namely Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...

With a POD of your liking of late 1940s to no later than 1951, assume that the Interstate highway system in the United States and corresponding freeways in other countries were never built. Also, by the same POD, assume air travel remains relatively expensive. In 1945, railroads in America...

While some level of individual fame on the part of movie actors was almost certainly inevitable, it was greatly encouraged by the Hollywood studios, who promoted individual movie stars. But at first, the studios were reluctant to do this because they assumed (correctly) that the stars would...

How would you create a scenario where the Internet is basically information-only: no sales, so no Amazon; no file sharing or downloads; no online gaming, etc. One would access the Internet to obtain information but not to carry out transactions in most types of business. Ebay would perhaps be a...

In June 1979, Hal Carstens, publisher of RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN magazine, learns of a source for dirt-cheap brass Erie Stillwell passenger cars. In his excitement, he suffers a near-fatal heart attack. He decides to retire early. After several weeks of negotiations, Tony Koester and Bob...

Early in his London blues club period, Brian Jones met Paul Jones, the future lead singer of Manfred Mann, and considered forming a band with him before meeting Mick Jagger and Keith Richards instead. Considering that Brian Jones was basically the glue that held the infant Stones together at...

In the 1940s, some railroads experimenting with using turbine-powered locomotives, as an alternative to diesels, in replacing traditional steam. They were designed to run on a variety of fuels, including pulverized or gasified coal. The main problem was that the turbines ran at 100% of...

September 1966: At a Rolling Stones concert in Sacramento, a short in Keith Richards' guitar cord causes a massive electrical surge to pass through his guitar. He is knocked to the floor. Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, both facing in the opposite direction, don't see him in time. Charlie...

This is crossposted on the Ark, but I decided to put it here as well. March 20, 1923 Wall Street financier William K.B. Emerson, a rising star on Wall Street, begins assembling a group of investors for an audacious plan: a takeover by proxy (what will be referred to in later years as a...