Book Review: Traqueros: Mexican railroad workers in the United States, 1870-1930
Traqueros: Mexican railroad workers in the United States, 1870-1930 No. 6 in Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series By Jeffrey…
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Great Northern Railway used three-phase locomotives in the 1920s. This General Electric locomotive operated with three-phase power. General Electric Q…
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Big EM-1 2-8-8-4s congregate at the Benwood, Ohio, engine terminal in August 1957, a decade after author Tanner was a…
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Watch clips of the Santa Fe’s legendary Chicago–Los Angeles streamliner from Sunday River Productions’ program The Super Chief — The Whole…
Read moreWatch clips of the Santa Fe’s legendary Chicago–Los Angeles streamliner from Sunday River Productions’ program The Super Chief — The Whole…
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The boiler explosion at Serra, Calif., that destroyed Mikado 3199 and killed its watchman took the classic form of such…
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The cover of Yanosey’s first Lehigh Valley book, one of Morning Sun’s early titles. Editor’s note: This story first appeared…
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Erie No. 2603, later No. 5014, was built in 1914 by Baldwin in Philadelphia. None of these 850,000-pound-plus locomotives were…
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Gone, though much beloved. Peru’s Ferrocarril Central Andino recently painted former Conrail C39-8 No. 1031 in a “Tribute” paint scheme.…
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Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Revised Edition By George H. Drury Kalmbach Books; 336 pages, 420 photos; softcover, 8.25…
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In Trains’ April special on short lines and regionals, author Scott A. Hartley brings us up to date on where…
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