Mix-up on the Ripley Mixed
B&O men pose with Baldwin switcher 428, the first diesel on the mixed train to Ripley, W.Va., in late 1953.…
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B&O men pose with Baldwin switcher 428, the first diesel on the mixed train to Ripley, W.Va., in late 1953.…
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Colorado & Southern narrow gauge 2-8-0s Nos. 70 and 73 cross the high bridge on the Georgetown Loop with seven…
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Bought from a pawnshop when the author was a boy, this Hamilton Railway Special 992 watch passed many an official…
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Lucky youngsters from the 1920s to the 1960s were privileged to visit Lionel’s showroom in New York City to admire…
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FULL SCREEN Trains Magazine Collection Skiers disembark Boston & Maine’s Snow Train at North Conway, N.H. FULL SCREEN Trains Magazine…
Read moreFULL SCREEN John Gruber Graham Claytor Jr. (left) appears apprehensive as he talks with D. W. Brosnan and Walter Dove…
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Q I bought this key almost 20 years ago. I know it’s from the “Frisco,” but can anyone date it…
Read moreQ On which railroad was the 1975 movie “Breakheart Pass” filmed? — Klaus Schmidt, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. A “Breakheart Pass”…
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Southern Railway SD45 No. 3121 leads long hood forward on a unit coal train at Oreton, Va., in 1984. Such…
Read moreQ Why are some Rio Grande steam locomotives referred to as “Mudhens?”— Larry Beck, Susanville, Calif. A The term “Mudhen”…
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Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2707 is moved to Brookside Park in Cleveland in the mid-1950s. C&O Q In the…
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Watch video clips of Chicago & North Western steam and diesel trains in action, from the Herron Rail Video collection.…
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