Corn Belt Rocket at Des Moines
Passengers wait in the shade at Des Moines, Iowa, as Rock Island train 10, the Corn Belt Rocket from Omaha, pulls…
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Passengers wait in the shade at Des Moines, Iowa, as Rock Island train 10, the Corn Belt Rocket from Omaha, pulls…
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Restored Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 made about a half-mile move down the spur track from its…
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DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. – A rare anthracite-region steel heavyweight office car has been rescued by the Everett Railroad, which intends to…
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During an epic battle to reopen Cumbres Pass after a late December 1951 storm, a worker uses a shovel to…
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ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – The East Broad Top Railroad opened its first steam-powered season in 12 years with the return…
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The 1956 Santa Fe El Capitan was a special train that deserves attention of its own merit. Just…
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EMD’s BL2 of 1948–49 was conceived to be as versatile as a road-switcher yet attractive enough to give passenger trains…
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Baltimore & Ohio’s DR Tower, pictured before daybreak in 1952, guards the crossing of the road’s Chicago and Toledo divisions…
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With just two cars still in Union Pacific yellow, Amtrak’s Broadway Limited departs Chicago for New York on May 21, 1972.…
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Amtrak Miami services have been dominated by trains from New York City. This included, at various times, the Silver Meteor,…
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The General Electric BQ23-7 turned out to be an odd diesel that didn’t. At the dawn of railroads…
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Rio Grande engine 1703, from the road’s first group of 4-8-4s, heads a westbound train out of Denver into the…
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