The day the GG1 fleet called in sick
I became a railfan at age three, near the end of World War II. Awaiting the return of my…
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France’s 1949 Merci Train left a legacy of European rail equipment displays throughout the U.S. During the period…
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Railroading and the 1967 Chicago snow storm: My week off, and a visit home to the Detroit area, had been…
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I never met David “Dave” A. Fink, but I felt his presence for a while in the late 1990s. The…
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Although I’ve never been great with a camera, I’ve enjoyed a life immersed in railroad photography, thanks to my…
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A childhood memory led me to chasing 1940s Union Pacific steam locomotives around Omaha has a teen. That story had…
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I still remember riding trains in the 1940s. During my pre-school and primary school days we lived on the…
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Pennsy Santa train ride: There is an indelible link between kids, trains, and Christmas; even the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad found…
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Nickel Plate 535 and 555 make a persuasive case for the RS3 as they accelerate east at Malinta, Ohio, in…
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Thanksgiving in Toronto was about to begin. Shortly before noon, two teenagers swung down from the Pacific’s cab. Just as…
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Lucius Beebe-David Morgan correspondence project Between 1961 and 1966, prolific railroad book author Lucius Beebe and Trains editor David P.…
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Lucius Beebe-David Morgan correspondence project Between 1961 and 1966, prolific railroad book author Lucius Beebe and Trains editor David P.…
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