My Summer at ‘Tac Harbor’
The year was 1966; I was 19 years old and starting my second summer working on the Great Lakes. This…
Read moreThe year was 1966; I was 19 years old and starting my second summer working on the Great Lakes. This…
Read moreIn June 1949, my friend Bob Wagner and I decided to head from our Los Angels-area homes for the Owens…
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When I read Rev. Richard Anderson’s account in the Summer 2000 Classic Trains [pages 93-95] of his travels on the…
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Before a 1960 line-relocation project, the two main tracks of the Santa Fe Railway’s transcontinental main line split at Supai,…
Read moreMerger? What merger? Two tariffs equal one trip By J. David Ingles As railroad mergers were sweeping the land through…
Read moreAs an Episcopal priest serving in Iowa in the 1960’s, I was lucky to have Gordon V. Smith as my…
Read moreFor many years, the Lehigh Valley maintained some offices in downtown Philadelphia, even though this was an off-line point. In…
Read moreMany years ago, when the Atlantic Coast Line was almost all double track from Richmond to Jacksonville and the passenger-train…
Read moreOne of the most memorable aspects of my career in railroad maintenance of way is the “outfit.” An outfit was…
Read moreWater was a problem for both the Clinchfield Railroad and for local residents at Elkhorn City, Ky. The town is…
Read moreLike many a now-mature railfan, my passion for railroading began at an early age as I haunted the local depot.…
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