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An excerpt from the new book Wild and Crazy Guys.

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Will Smith and Kevin Hart are giving the classic a reboot

This classic red-brick Colonial house is where they filmed the Steve Martin movie "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles." Here's how it looks in real life!

Despite the sun, this was a very cold winter's afternoon down at the rail-yard. I had actually asked for and was given permission by some rail employees to get close and shoot these locomotives in action.... Honestly, I don't think the guys who told me it was okay to stand on tracks in front of moving trains coming right at me had the proper authority to do so. Been there and done this too many times to know permission is never granted by the railroads for this stuff... but I wasn't gonna…

After World War II, when the railroad companies had to transport troops around the country, they upgraded the service. Here's a look back at some of what the railroads were offering to entice passengers back in the late 1940s.

Colorized 1954 United DC-6 landing Midway Airport, Chicago

Where are your hands? "Between two pillows." ... "Those aren't pillows!"