Milwaukee Road Hiawatha fleet stands out
The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha fleet stands out among mid-century passenger operators. Of all the major U.S. railroads that…
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Bombardier LRC diesel locomotives were built for the future using beloved Alco components of old. “From the tip…
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Phoebe Snow as a person was an invention by advertising men a half century before the streamliner. A new management…
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Delaware & Hudson history dates from 1823, when the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. was chartered to build a canal…
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The Southern Pacific locomotive roster was expansive. A headlight breaking the horizon in the 1960s meant one thing; you never…
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There were more than 200 red-white-and-blue Bicentennial diesel locomotives. Many “Bicens” were specially renumbered, but some (the 76s, 200s, 1776s,…
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Delaware & Locomotive locomotives demonstrated some of the greatest variety for a railroad its size. Steam locomotives on…
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Pennsylvania 6200 turbine locomotive was an experimental locomotive that served on passenger trains in Indiana and Ohio. But it is…
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Ask someone to associate a railroad with the heaviest 4-6-4 Hudsons and they’ll likely guess “New York Central.” After all,…
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The three railroads that shared Deramus red locomotives also shared the leadership of William N. Deramus III. He began working…
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Was the Blue Streak Merchandise the last Great American Freight Train? “You define a passenger train by its cars, its…
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The Meridian & Bigbee Railroad “possessed all the credentials required for admittance to the Typical Southern Short Line Club,” wrote…
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