Dirt: King of the Shop
“The legacy of Dirt the railroad cat continues,” is just one of many Dirt-related articles that highlights the importance…
Read more“The legacy of Dirt the railroad cat continues,” is just one of many Dirt-related articles that highlights the importance…
Read moreThe song and dance routine Working the North Pool was always one of my favorite pools to work. In this…
Read moreTOPEKA, Kan. — A non-profit group seeks some $1 million to move and cosmetically restore a Santa Fe 4-6-4 long…
Read moreSILVER SPRING, Md. — The National Capital Trolley Museum has added an Evans Auto-Railer — a 1930s vehicle designed to…
Read moreBudd Slumbercoaches were born of a desire to serve budget-conscious leisure travelers in the mid-20th century. As economic…
Read moreA new steam restoration group has purchased former Chesapeake & Ohio Class J3a 4-8-4 passenger locomotive No. 614 (Lima Locomotive…
Read moreBERLIN — Germany’s famed Harz Mountain Railway — a 140-kilometer (87.5-mile) meter-gauge network run by the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) —…
Read moreALTOONA, Pa. – The trackside park at America’s oldest train-watching site – Horseshoe Curve, on Norfolk Southern’s Pittsburgh Line in…
Read moreNew tricks Most of you know me from my career as a main line diesel locomotive engineer — a fair…
Read moreWhen I fell into the mileage hobby more than 35 years ago, I was late to the game but ambitious…
Read moreFew, if any railroads, duplicated what the Wabash Railroad did in 1930 and ’31 when it ordered 50 big…
Read moreThe Illinois Terminal Railroad might be one of the most misunderstood Class 1 railroads of the 20th century. If you…
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