Adventures of a rookie brakeman
An old GE doodlebug provided passenger services on the Apalachicola Northern in the 1940s. Classic Trains coll. I’m clutching the…
Read moreAn old GE doodlebug provided passenger services on the Apalachicola Northern in the 1940s. Classic Trains coll. I’m clutching the…
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Although author Dinsmore’s territory was some 1,500 miles to the west, this 1966 scene inside Northern Pacific’s depot in South…
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Russell Tedder’s 16-hour 70-tonner ride occurred in July 1955, when he was dispatching for the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf…
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“Wee Jimmie” Brown examines a Canadian Pacific switch stand beside the Don Mills Road crossing in North Toronto. His fascination…
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New York Central S3 No. 9363 stands on the West Side line in Manhattan in 1967. Thirteen years earlier and…
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Baldwin road-switcher 1615 passes the Hertford, N.C., depot with Norfolk Southern freight 88 in January 1965. A few months later,…
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After a 2-10-2 and 4-8-4 stalled on MoPac’s Kirkwood Hill, an 0-8-0 and caboose couple up to render assistance. Joe…
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Splitting and combining trains was a well-practiced ritual at Jacksonville Union Station. David W. Salter From 1954 until I was…
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Before starting their seven-stop trek to Providence, the two Alco PAs on New Haven train 531 prepare to follow the…
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The engineer of Southern SD35 3007, preparing to depart East St. Louis in April 1968, invited me up for a…
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A steel mill at night, like this one in the Pittsburgh area, was an unforgettable sight. Baltimore & Ohio At…
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GG1 4903 heads a westbound rush-hour commuter train at Swarthmore, Pa., sometime during World War II. A mainline motor like this…
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