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Win a few, lose a few
Nov 2, 2016·Railroad Stories: The Way It Was·Classic Trains

Win a few, lose a few

Empty refrigerator cars race across the Union Pacific in Nebraska in the early ’50s. A UP conductor in Idaho talked…

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Beyond the training program
Oct 4, 2016·Railroad Stories: The Way It Was·Classic Trains

Beyond the training program

N&W four- and six-motor EMDs rest at Crewe, Va., in 1981, three years after author Siik became acquainted with similar…

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Early Amtrak trains in color
Aug 31, 2016·History·Trains Magazine

Early Amtrak trains in color

FULL SCREEN John F. Bjorklund, Collection of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art In its early days, Amtrak relied…

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Penn Station train announcements
Aug 11, 2016·Videos·Classic Trains

Penn Station train announcements

Listen to train announcements at Pennsylvania Station, New York, recorded on November 11, 1963, from the archives of Semaphore Records,…

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Southern Pacific steam in action
Aug 11, 2016·Videos·Classic Trains

Southern Pacific steam in action

Watch video clips of SP 2-10-2s, Daylight 4-8-4s, cab-forwards, and more from the Herron Rail Video program Glory Machines Vol.…

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Penn Station train announcements
Aug 11, 2016·Golden Era·Trains.com

Penn Station train announcements

Listen to train announcements at Pennsylvania Station, New York, recorded on November 11, 1963, from the archives of Semaphore Records,…

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Southern Pacific steam in action
Aug 11, 2016·Golden Era·Trains.com

Southern Pacific steam in action

Watch video clips of SP 2-10-2s, Daylight 4-8-4s, cab-forwards, and more from the Herron Rail Video program Glory Machines Vol.…

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1939’s big breakthrough: The FT
Aug 1, 2016·Maps·Trains Magazine

1939’s big breakthrough: The FT

Seventy-five years ago on Nov. 25, 1939, Electro-Motive Corp.’s FT demonstrator diesel locomotive No. 103 left its birthplace at the…

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Whistles for helper engines
Aug 1, 2016·Ask Trains·Trains Magazine

Whistles for helper engines

On West Virginia’s Cass Scenic Railroad, engine crews with three Shay locomotives signal each other with whistles for moves and…

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Routes of the Freedom Trains
Jul 22, 2016·Maps·Trains Magazine

Routes of the Freedom Trains

As part of America’s bicentennial celebration, the American Freedom Train spent 21 months touring the country, displaying 500 artifacts of…

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