Riding a caboose in central Illinois in the mid-20th century
In the late 1960s and in to the ’70s, I had numerous rides on Toledo, Peoria & Western freight trains…
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In the late 1960s and in to the ’70s, I had numerous rides on Toledo, Peoria & Western freight trains…
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On August 4, 1957, the Pennsylvania Railroad dispatched an eight-car train of MP54 multiple-unit cars from Penn Station, New York.…
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SEPTEMBER 24, 1961 with response by Morgan OCTOBER 4, 1961 This exchange includes a letter from noted author, railfan, and…
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By the mid-1960s, the appearance of F units on freights along Union Pacific’s main line through southern Wyoming was…
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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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Santa Fe No. M-190 was possibly the most unusual gas-electric car ever manufactured. Measuring 90 feet long, it consisted of…
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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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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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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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