New railroad podcast stays ‘Ahead of the Torch’
Is railroad preservation in ascendance, marked by a succession of triumphs in recent years? Or are we whistling past the…
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Transfer locomotives Transfer runs are trains that move cars from one freight yard usually to a nearby yard of another…
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Classic Trains Film Archive | Colorado and Wyoming, J. David Ingles Reel 14 – Amidst the Great Plains states of…
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BOONTON, N.J. — The United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey continues to expand offerings of its Hudson River Rail…
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The John Emery Rail Heritage Trust has selected 18 applicants to receive a total of $250,000 in awards for its…
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What was your first byline in Trains? Steve Smedley: My first byline in Trains was “Confessions of a ‘Sacred Central…
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By the late 1930s, the Pere Marquette Railway had made a big splash in motive power acquisition. And rightly…
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It’s June 15, 1938, the date on which the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited made its debut as a streamlined train.…
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Train signals All dark, two silent sentinels guard their respective tracks on the double-track main line. Just beyond them is…
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Unit 13 leads an A-B set of Santa Fe E6 diesels across the diamonds at 21st Street, Chicago, on an…
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Southern Pacific’s narrow-gauge line in the vast Owens Valley of California was known as the “Slim Princess.” Here a single…
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Great Circus Train In January 2017, the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus announced it was closing down after more…
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