Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s locomotives: ‘Greens’ to become backup power
Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s locomotives The writing has been on the wall for years. Fifteen years ago, in Trains’ April…
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Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s locomotives The writing has been on the wall for years. Fifteen years ago, in Trains’ April…
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Half-century-old locomotives While Class I railroads continue to receive new locomotive orders from EMD and GE, older EMD GP, or…
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The traditional life cycle for new locomotives on a Class I roster would be revenue service, followed by lease return…
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Just when you think recent progress in railroad preservation can’t get any better — I’m thinking here of everything…
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Hydrogen locomotive Hydrogen powered locomotives have been getting plenty of press lately, with several railroads, large and small, taking the…
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Norfolk Southern high hoods The high-hood locomotive once numbered in the hundreds on the Norfolk Southern roster, charged with every…
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F125 “Spirit” commuter locomotive The F125 “Spirit” commuter locomotive offers something different at Southern California commuter stations. While a modern…
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Bombardier LRC diesel locomotives were built for the future using beloved Alco components of old. “From the tip…
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The Southern Pacific locomotive roster was expansive. A headlight breaking the horizon in the 1960s meant one thing; you never…
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There were more than 200 red-white-and-blue Bicentennial diesel locomotives. Many “Bicens” were specially renumbered, but some (the 76s, 200s, 1776s,…
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Delaware & Locomotive locomotives demonstrated some of the greatest variety for a railroad its size. Steam locomotives on…
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Pennsylvania 6200 turbine locomotive was an experimental locomotive that served on passenger trains in Indiana and Ohio. But it is…
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