Amtrak LionChief 2.0 Genesis shines in traditional O gauge
National passenger carrier Amtrak recently turned 50 years old. To mark the occasion, Lionel has released a LionChief 2.0 version…
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What locomotive generators do is no secret: They produce electricity. Alternators and generators in locomotives convert mechanical energy from the…
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Working mountain Alco locomotives: Nestled in the wide rolling hills on the western edge of New York’s Southern Tier lies…
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Belt Railway of Chicago locomotives: I recently photographed an ex-Belt Railway of Chiacgo Alco in, of all places, Olean, N.Y.,…
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Cowl locomotives: Six-axle cowl locomotives purchased for freight service have been rostered continuously on Class I railroads since Santa Fe…
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Repowering locomotives is essential for a railroad to meet its needs. This is installment, number three, on our quest to…
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Six axle comfort cabs on shortlines: Comfort cabs took North America by storm in the late 1980s with the introduction…
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Changing a locomotive headlight: Everything we do on the railroad is guided by FRA standards and practices. According to the…
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Alco RS27 failure: It’s tough when professional engineers create a decent locomotive that builds on successes, and pitfalls, of the…
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Electro-Motive history: Steam was king, its supremacy uncontested, in 1922 when Harold L. Hamilton and associates rented office space…
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Q: Why do Vanderbilt tenders have round tanks? It seems to me that with the same principal dimensions, a Vanderbilt…
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Nearly five decades have passed since General Motors debuted two new EMD electric freight locomotives. There were two models: the…
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