Intermodal engineering
Intermodal engineering Wood planks were common for building piggyback ramps. Large planks formed rub rails (well-used judging by the scars)…
Read moreIntermodal engineering Wood planks were common for building piggyback ramps. Large planks formed rub rails (well-used judging by the scars)…
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Terminal Station Daniel Burnham designed the Southern Railway’s monumental Terminal Station in New Orleans in 1908, just after his Washington…
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Route of the Rockets The 1,600-hp Alco RS3 was an all-time best-selling road switcher with more than 1,200 built from…
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Hudsons meet New York Central 4-6-4 5447, its 1938 streamlining battered and partly removed, meets another streamlined Hudson at Chicago’s…
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Twin Cities Zephyr Led by 1936 power unit 9905 Zephyrus, the Burlington’s Twin Cities Zephyr swings into the downtown La…
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Niagara Junction Although it was built by the Niagara Falls Power Co. in the 1890’s, 11-mile switching road Niagara Junction…
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Less Than Carload Buffalo Creek & Gualey motor “B’s” awaits departure from Dundon, W.Va., for Widen, in 1948. A truck…
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The Northern Pacific Railway is Classic Trains‘ Railroad of the Month for May 2021. Please enjoy this photo gallery…
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Flexi-Van innovation With highway-wheel bogies in place, New York Central’s Flexi-Van pioneering containers looked like standard truck trailers. Flexi-Van containers…
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F unit parade Two Great Northern paint schemes are on display as GN Extra 312-A passes Extra 311-C, waiting in…
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