Beyond the training program
N&W four- and six-motor EMDs rest at Crewe, Va., in 1981, three years after author Siik became acquainted with similar…
Read moreN&W four- and six-motor EMDs rest at Crewe, Va., in 1981, three years after author Siik became acquainted with similar…
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Big EM-1 2-8-8-4s congregate at the Benwood, Ohio, engine terminal in August 1957, a decade after author Tanner was a…
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The boiler explosion at Serra, Calif., that destroyed Mikado 3199 and killed its watchman took the classic form of such…
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With the Chicago skyline in the background, Illinois Central’s Panama Limited pulls into Central Station to load passengers in a…
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Kansas City Southern E8 No. 26 races north of Heavener, Okla., with the Kansas City-bound Southern Belle on December 30,…
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At Flagstaff, Ariz., where Santa Fe operator Elisa Lindenberg apprenticed in 1943, an operator hands up orders to an FT-powered…
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Three NP F units lead a 12-car train 2, the Mainstreeter, through Plains, Mont., in summer 1964. The depot’s train-order…
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Union Pacific’s City of Denver curves away from North Western Station in Chicago at the start of its run west.…
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At frosty Higgins, Texas, on the Santa Fe, author Metzger’s crane parts sit sidetracked as SD40-2s pass with a freight.…
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Illinois Central 2-8-2 Mikado 1544 is eastbound at Villa Park, Ill., on a cold day in 1951. Henry M. Stange…
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A predecessor of this Rio Grande engineer made a daring Chama–Durango run in 1923. A. C. Kalmbach My grandfather, Marvin…
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Anything in the path of fast-moving N&W class J was sure to sustain significant damage. W. A. Akin Jr. Back…
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