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In the old days, when an accident had a rail line shut down, it was time to call the big…
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Classic Trains Film Archive | Midwestern Missouri Pacific Journey, J. David Ingles Reel 0052 – Journey through the heart of…
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Steamtown National Historic Site, once known as Steamtown USA, has a captivating history. Its journey from one man’s vision in…
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This full-page ad from roller bearing manufacturer Timken appeared 75 years ago in the May 1950 issue of Trains Magazine.…
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Although replaced in recent years by roller bearings, friction bearings (also called solid bearings or plain bearings) were a railroad…
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WASHINGTON — Almost a decade after Amtrak cancelled “National Train Day,” an outreach promotion launched in 2008 designed to familiarize…
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Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864,…
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Railroad dome cars are a gleaming symbol of postwar passenger train status. The streamliner era in North America…
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The Fertilizer Route, more formally The Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad, featured 75 years ago in Trains Magazine was,…
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The rapid expansion of America’s railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group…
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CORINTH, N.Y. — The Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway, the heritage railway located on the former Delaware & Hudson Adirondack…
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