Birth of an NC&StL nickname
Bruceton was a busy junction in west Tennessee on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. One engineer who worked…
Read moreBruceton was a busy junction in west Tennessee on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. One engineer who worked…
Read moreWay back in 1940, I took a fling at railroading. After ditching art school, I went to work for the…
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Depot and diesel wear different heralds, but nothing is out of the ordinary as a Chicago Great Western freight ambles…
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A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter In modern-day Toronto, Ontario, I’m told the Skydome Hotel…
Read moreA supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter The pride of Sandusky, Ohio, is the huge Cedar…
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A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter Looking as proud as ever, CN 4-8-4 6205 rides…
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A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter Susquehanna 2514, a well-cared-for Pacific built for the Erie…
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The stack-top addition to John J. Craig Co. Shay No. 2147 may have caused more sparks than it arrested. T.…
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Rare find: Working in Cajon Pass helper service, Santa Fe center-cab Baldwin 2600 heads west at Summit. David Lustig collection…
Read moreA window in Thrums By Steven Duff Thrums is a name that somehow resonates above most others, a name, as…
Read moreI hired out in 1944 with the Santa Fe as an agent/operator apprentice and in August was assigned to the…
Read moreDuring my career as an engineman on the Southern Pacific, I ran and fired locomotives carrying from 185 to 300…
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