EMD Model 40 profile: Diesels That Didn’t
We all love the unusual — something that departs from our perceived norm. In railroading, it’s an Alco showing up…
Read moreWe all love the unusual — something that departs from our perceived norm. In railroading, it’s an Alco showing up…
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The breakthrough The first Electro-Motive doodlebug motorcar to be delivered went to the Chicago Great Western in August 1924. Right…
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The Alco Black Marias, a trio of prototype cab units, were the builder’s initial attempt to enter the mainline diesel…
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The General Electric passenger U-boats filled a niche in the 1960’s locomotive market. Santa Fe, like many Class I railroads…
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Alco C415 failure was not what the famed locomotive maker had in mind in the 1960s. At the time, Alco…
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The 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotive was the first with a firebox behind the drivers and supported by a trailing truck.…
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North American railroads never found a broad use for freight service diesel locomotives with a hydraulic drive, making them another…
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Union Pacific on Cajon Pass in the 1940s: Union Pacific operates on Cajon Pass in Southern California as the Los…
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Baldwin diesel locomotives history Established in the 1830s, Philadelphia’s Baldwin Locomotive Works was one of America’s oldest and largest locomotive…
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Lima-Hamilton locomotives history Lima-Hamilton locomotives were built out of Lima, the youngest and smallest of the Big Three steam builders.…
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Union Pacific’s fascination with large, single-unit freight locomotives did not end when it received the last of its 25…
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The recent announcement of a fresh start in the long effort to restore the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum’s class…
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