Ultimate dual-service engine: New York Central 4-8-2 Mohawks
The New York Central 4-8-2 Mohawks were the ultimate dual-service steam locomotives. For some railroads in the steam era, it…
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The New York City High Line a sight to behold on Manhattan’s West Side. It was born of a vast…
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STRASBURG, Pa. — The Rocket, the 185-year-old former Reading Co. steam engine which had long been displayed at Philadelphia’s Franklin…
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ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum will run its first excursions with former New Haven Budd Rail Diesel…
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I saw the light, but changing the light was a whole different matter — and that’s why I’m skeptical when…
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Always something different at LA’s Taylor Yard A wise man once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same…
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Southern Pacific & World War II By the 1940s, the original Transcontinental Railroad main line around the north end of…
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Driving south recently on Interstate 75, nearing the Kentucky/Tennessee line, an upcoming offramp caught my eye, causing me to make…
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CSX Railroads, in particular, have grappled with that same question over the years — especially those railroads that are the…
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Amtrak Twin Cities services started on May 1, 1971, at the Burlington Northern (former Great Northern) station in Minneapolis. Service…
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The first rail-to-trail conversion in the U.S., the Elroy-Sparta State Trail, gives riders an opportunity to traverse three tunnels. …
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WILSON, N.C. — Carolina Coastal Railway, which operates 179 miles of tracks in eastern North Carolina once belonging to Seaboard…
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