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