Tracks Through Time

How Australia Lost a War with Emus

After World War I, veterans took up farming and provided food supplies and wheat to Western Australia. But when emus began to threaten that supply chain, another war broke out. The emus won.Follow the Tracks Through Time PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The logistics of the Boston Tea Party

Find out how more than 100 patriots pulled off dumping so much tea into Boston Harbor in this week’s episode of Tracks Through Time.Follow the Tracks Through Time PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.Follow the Tracks Through Time PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.Follow the Tracks Through Time PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.Follow the Tracks Through Time PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices