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August 19, 2014

Fordham, railroad historian and former teacher, dies at 86

SALAMANCA — After being given the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, Gerald Fordham stood in front of a crowd at the SalamancApplauds dinner and proudly proclaimed that he had come

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