The electric Shay
The stack-top addition to John J. Craig Co. Shay No. 2147 may have caused more sparks than it arrested. T.…
Read moreThe stack-top addition to John J. Craig Co. Shay No. 2147 may have caused more sparks than it arrested. T.…
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Rare find: Working in Cajon Pass helper service, Santa Fe center-cab Baldwin 2600 heads west at Summit. David Lustig collection…
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A window in Thrums By Steven Duff Thrums is a name that somehow resonates above most others, a name, as…
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In June 1949, my friend Bob Wagner and I decided to head from our Los Angels-area homes for the Owens…
Read moreWhen I read Rev. Richard Anderson’s account in the Summer 2000 Classic Trains [pages 93-95] of his travels on the…
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Merger? What merger? Two tariffs equal one trip By J. David Ingles As railroad mergers were sweeping the land through…
Read moreAs an Episcopal priest serving in Iowa in the 1960’s, I was lucky to have Gordon V. Smith as my…
Read moreFor many years, the Lehigh Valley maintained some offices in downtown Philadelphia, even though this was an off-line point. In…
Read moreMany years ago, when the Atlantic Coast Line was almost all double track from Richmond to Jacksonville and the passenger-train…
Read moreOne of the most memorable aspects of my career in railroad maintenance of way is the “outfit.” An outfit was…
Read moreWater was a problem for both the Clinchfield Railroad and for local residents at Elkhorn City, Ky. The town is…
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