Corn Belt Rocket at Des Moines
Passengers wait in the shade at Des Moines, Iowa, as Rock Island train 10, the Corn Belt Rocket from Omaha, pulls…
Read morePassengers wait in the shade at Des Moines, Iowa, as Rock Island train 10, the Corn Belt Rocket from Omaha, pulls…
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Restored Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 made about a half-mile move down the spur track from its…
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DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. – A rare anthracite-region steel heavyweight office car has been rescued by the Everett Railroad, which intends to…
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During an epic battle to reopen Cumbres Pass after a late December 1951 storm, a worker uses a shovel to…
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ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – The East Broad Top Railroad opened its first steam-powered season in 12 years with the return…
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The 1956 Santa Fe El Capitan was a special train that deserves attention of its own merit. Just…
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EMD’s BL2 of 1948–49 was conceived to be as versatile as a road-switcher yet attractive enough to give passenger trains…
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Baltimore & Ohio’s DR Tower, pictured before daybreak in 1952, guards the crossing of the road’s Chicago and Toledo divisions…
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With just two cars still in Union Pacific yellow, Amtrak’s Broadway Limited departs Chicago for New York on May 21, 1972.…
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Amtrak Miami services have been dominated by trains from New York City. This included, at various times, the Silver Meteor,…
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The General Electric BQ23-7 turned out to be an odd diesel that didn’t. At the dawn of railroads…
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Rio Grande engine 1703, from the road’s first group of 4-8-4s, heads a westbound train out of Denver into the…
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