South Carolina’s Lancaster & Chester Railway: A 130-year history
The Lancaster & Chester Railway Company’s origins date back to 1873 when the Cheraw & Chester was chartered to build…
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The Lancaster & Chester Railway Company’s origins date back to 1873 when the Cheraw & Chester was chartered to build…
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Talk about inspiring dreams of greatness! Sepia-tone photographs sprinkled about in the opening pages of Lionel’s consumer catalog for 1940…
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GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. — The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has granted the Genesee County Parks & Recreation Commission $1.3 million…
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ESSEX, Mont. — LOGE Glacier, the former Izaak Walton Inn beloved by railfans for its location adjacent to BNSF Railway’s…
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BALTIMORE — The Washington — a 1949 Pullman-Standard observation-tavern car — has been cosmetically restored inside and out by the…
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An A-B-A set of F units departs San Francisco with Southern Pacific train 372, the piggyback-heavy Advance Overnight for Los…
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At the dawn of the 20th century, dusk was approaching for the narrow gauge (3 feet or smaller between the…
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The headliner of the spring 2023 Atlas catalog was the SD70MAC, a classic six-axle diesel electric locomotive. The SD70MAC was…
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Don Toles, avid Southern California railfan and caretaker of Hill 582 on Cajon Pass, died Jan.…
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Denver & Rio Grande Western 4-8-2 1705 raises an impressive smoke plume as it lifts a troop train up the…
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The list of 2025 rail preservation happenings is long. There are many organizations working on numerous fronts and making significant…
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Westinghouse and partner Baldwin fielded an experimental 4,000 h.p. B-B+B-B gas-turbine-electric in 1950. Dubbed the “Blue Goose” because of its…
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