Spacing of steam ‘chuffs’
A conventional two-cylinder locomotive like this one exhausts four times per wheel revolution. This is thanks to the position of…
Read moreA conventional two-cylinder locomotive like this one exhausts four times per wheel revolution. This is thanks to the position of…
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A pair of Rock Island BL2s, with an F7B between them, led the “Fat Stock Special” one night in 1956.…
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The California State Railroad Museum will host a number of events in 2019 to mark the completion of the first…
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Passenger car end details were pretty standard and most followed the pattern used on sleeping cars built by the Pullman…
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The Portage Railway: An Illustrated History of the Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway by Jeff Young and Peter Foley…
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Just out of Boston’s North Station, three Boston & Maine trains have crossed the Charles River drawbridges and approach the…
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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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John Gruber MADISON, Wis. — In the world of railroad photography, few practitioners have had an impact as profound as…
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“Southern Pacific Local Freight crosses Intracoastal Waterway in Houma, Louisiana, 1951,” from the “Unseen Link” exhibit. Courtesy O. Winston Link…
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An old GE doodlebug provided passenger services on the Apalachicola Northern in the 1940s. Classic Trains coll. I’m clutching the…
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Join Trains for a ride on a former Northern Pacific triple-combine express car as a retired mail car clerk, a…
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