Lehigh Valley Railroad remembered
Without an ampersand, directional vector, or superlative in its title, the Lehigh Valley Railroad was of understated geographical reach. Its…
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Arizona Spike, one of four created for ceremonies marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad…
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Builder’s plate Imagine walking around all of your life with your birth certificate attached to your forehead. Anyone could walk…
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A group of rail non-profit organizations in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are joining forces to restore to operation…
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HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — A former freight station built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1905 will be sold at…
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Of all the railroads that tried various gambits to get out of the passenger business in the 1960s, perhaps…
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A late afternoon photo from 1951 at Central Station, Illinois Central’s main terminal in Chicago, finds three trains ready to…
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Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger trains are the long-lasting legacy of a Midwestern railroad plagued with underperformance and mismanagement — right…
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HAMILTON, Ohio — The second part of the railroad station in Hamilton, Ohio, made its move today (Tuesday, Jan. 17),…
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Some photographs grab your imagination and won’t let go. Case in point: this simple but quietly affecting portrait…
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Dirt the railroad cat Within a few hours of announcing Dirt’s death to the public in a Facebook post on…
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It could have been a Trains News Wire headline: “Reading switcher shoves frozen Doodlebug.” You won’t believe the story. I…
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