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