From Sweden to Rhode Island
Nov 20, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

From Sweden to Rhode Island

As a prelude to today’s high speed Acela Express service, Amtrak tested two types of European high speed trains, a…

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A train in TRAINS’ driveway
Nov 11, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

A train in TRAINS’ driveway

Flagg Coal Co. No. 75 pays a visit to the offices of Kalmbach Publishing on August 16, 2011. The 0-4-0…

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CP coming round the bend
Nov 7, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

CP coming round the bend

Two high-horsepower GE locomotives approach Elm Grove, Wis., with eastbound Canadian Pacific coke train 852. The train is descending the…

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Roger Williams new employer
Nov 3, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Roger Williams new employer

Amtrak inherited from Penn Central these self-propelled Rail Diesel Cars with distinctive front ends built for the New Haven Railroad’s…

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Charge!
Sep 30, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Charge!

Virginia & Truckee 2-8-0 No. 29 charges past the depot in Gold Hill, Nev., in March 2010 on a portion…

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I SEE you in Barrington
Sep 9, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

I SEE you in Barrington

Illinois Central SD40-2 No. 6015 leads Canadian National train 348 south past the tower at Barrington, Ill., on May 6,…

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Live at Red Rocks
Aug 21, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Live at Red Rocks

A trio of General Electric-built GEVO locomotives powers an intermodal rain past North Guam, N.M., on April 11, 2011. The…

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Waterlogged and logging miles
Aug 20, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Waterlogged and logging miles

The spring flood waters have started to subside on the Mississippi River (as evidenced by the watermarks on the trees)…

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Rushin’ through Ruskin
Jul 31, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Rushin’ through Ruskin

CSX ES44DC No. 5254 pulls the Tropicana Juice Train northbound, crossing the Little Manatee River at Ruskin, Fla., on Aug.…

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Turbine power all the way
Jul 13, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Turbine power all the way

High speed in New England in the 1970s meant these turbine-powered trainsets built by United Aircraft, which sprinted between Boston…

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Winding through wind
Jul 3, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Winding through wind

Union Pacific C44AC-CTE No. 5374 leads a mixed-freight train past Milepost 366.7 past wind turbine generators on its way to…

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