On calling stations . . . and cows!
Sixty-odd years ago, I was a youth living in Palmyra, Wis., where my father, Ben Eller Sr., was the station…
Read moreSixty-odd years ago, I was a youth living in Palmyra, Wis., where my father, Ben Eller Sr., was the station…
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In 1928 I was a freshman at Syracuse University. I needed a part-time job, and got one with American Railway…
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Downhill skiing buffs immediately think of the winter vacation destination (and site of the 1960 winter Olympics) in California’s Sierra…
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At the time of their merger in 1968, both the Pennsylvania and New York Central had extensive intermodal operations,…
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In August 1968, two years before author Dierks’ ride and when the Boise City mixed carried a combine instead of just a caboose,…
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The Milwaukee Road was one of the big players in Sioux Falls. One of its hottest trains in the late…
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The little door below the headlight on an Alco switcher like Grand Trunk Western S4 No. 8090 led to a…
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Not a Berkshire, but not bad: New York Central PA diesel No. 4208 and an unidentified PB hurry through Willoughby,…
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Michigan Central’s elusive train to Joliet, Illinois, approaches the Maple Street crossing in Matteson, Illinois, in mid-1968. Ralph Eisenbrandt photo,…
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A passenger for the New Haven’s Owl checks in at the gate for track 21 in Grand Central Terminal. This…
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WM 2-8-0s 824 and 840 darken the sky at Elkins, W.Va., as they push a coal train east. Ahead 25…
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