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Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 pauses overnight at Rawlins, Wyo., in May 2019. Big Boy’s bell is painted…
Read moreUnion Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 pauses overnight at Rawlins, Wyo., in May 2019. Big Boy’s bell is painted…
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GN 400 crosses the French River near Duluth, Minn., on the North Shore Scenic Railroad. Steve Glischinski DILWORTH, Minn. –…
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In a 2007 photo, Tom Fawell poses in his Chicagoland studio with his painting of Southern Railway GP38-2’s —running long…
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A side view of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 on a test run in May 2019. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn…
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Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 arrives in downtown Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 4, 2019. The locomotive was chosen…
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Ron Rosenberg of Ron’s Books, flanked by his son, Lee, and wife, Ellie, in 2010. Trains: Mike Yuhas HARRISON, N.Y.…
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A special Metra train promoting visits to the Pullman National Monument arrives at the 111th/Pullman station on the Metra Electric…
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Stuart tanks and crated loads on flatcars tell of the herculean effort of American industries, including railroads, to bring victory…
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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Alan Buchan, 83, past president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, passed away on…
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A CSX Transportation freight passes Marion (Ohio) Union Station. The site is now a museum with a restored interlocking tower.…
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New York Central SW8 8626 stands at the road’s Avon Yard near Indianapolis in 1966. Another EMD switcher powered the…
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Richard Sparks in his studio painting a railroad book cover. Sparks family collection ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Richard M. Sparks, rail…
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