What’s in a photograph?: Norfolk & Western at Blue Ridge, Va.
1 Split-point derail device. Considered more effective than a lifting-block derail when there is extra risk of cars rolling out…
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A close-up look at Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7906 leading a westbound intermodal train at “Curvo,” a little-known engineering hotspot…
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Leland Stanford’s Sacramento, Calif., mansion. Don Cox The Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, Calif., offers today’s visitors a glimpse into…
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Charles V. Mutschler Contributed photo CHENEY, Wash. — Author and railroad historian Charles V. Mutschler, 63, has died. Mutschler, an…
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Beyond the raised hat in the foreground, SP’s L. P. Hopkins, Utah Gov. Herbert Maw, and UP’s E. C. Schmidt…
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During the prewar and postwar eras, every manufacturer of toy trains added a miniature gondola. Other than a flatcar, it…
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A northbound Amtrak Acela tiptoes through the turnouts, exiting high-level Track 20, passing K Tower at Washington Union Station. Doug…
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Today, Promontory Summit is home to the recreated Golden Spike Historic Site, home for two replica 4-4-0s: Union Pacific No.…
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WOODSTOCK, N.H. — Rail photographer and historian, Alan Thomas, 85, of Woodstock, N.H., passed away Feb. 3, 2019. Not only…
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Transcontinental Railroad financial troubles After just 18 years of operation, there had been so many irregularities and so much concern…
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UP crews built a switchback to reach a tunnel during construction. In many ways, the work done on the transcontinental…
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Golden Spike National Historical Park is the new designation for the site at Promontory Summit, Utah. Trains: Jim Wrinn WASHINGTON…
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