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…
Read moreBig EM-1 2-8-8-4s congregate at the Benwood, Ohio, engine terminal in August 1957, a decade after author Tanner was a…
Read moreThe boiler explosion at Serra, Calif., that destroyed Mikado 3199 and killed its watchman took the classic form of such…
Read moreWith the Chicago skyline in the background, Illinois Central’s Panama Limited pulls into Central Station to load passengers in a…
Read moreKansas City Southern E8 No. 26 races north of Heavener, Okla., with the Kansas City-bound Southern Belle on December 30,…
Read moreAt Flagstaff, Ariz., where Santa Fe operator Elisa Lindenberg apprenticed in 1943, an operator hands up orders to an FT-powered…
Read moreThree NP F units lead a 12-car train 2, the Mainstreeter, through Plains, Mont., in summer 1964. The depot’s train-order…
Read moreUnion Pacific’s City of Denver curves away from North Western Station in Chicago at the start of its run west.…
Read moreAt frosty Higgins, Texas, on the Santa Fe, author Metzger’s crane parts sit sidetracked as SD40-2s pass with a freight.…
Read moreIllinois Central 2-8-2 Mikado 1544 is eastbound at Villa Park, Ill., on a cold day in 1951. Henry M. Stange…
Read moreA predecessor of this Rio Grande engineer made a daring Chama–Durango run in 1923. A. C. Kalmbach My grandfather, Marvin…
Read moreAnything 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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