Union Pacific road-switcher cab ride
My first road-switcher cab ride started with the wub, wub, wub, wub, wub sound of the engine at the Illinois…
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Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, heritage, and style of the Southern Pacific Lines all through February 2022. So, please enjoy this…
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2022 steam locomotive list spring update: It’s time for the active steam list update. Since we debuted the list last…
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The General Electric passenger U-boats filled a niche in the 1960’s locomotive market. Santa Fe, like many Class I railroads…
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Introducing The Empress Canadian Pacific 2816 The Empress: Canadian Pacific President and CEO Rob Ritchie set the steam preservation world…
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9 oddball diesel locomotives: Just when we think we understand the rationale behind particular railroad locomotive fleets, they like to…
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Historic diesel locomotives saved by the 2020s may be an odd lot of famous and barely memorable, but these units…
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Alco C415 failure was not what the famed locomotive maker had in mind in the 1960s. At the time, Alco…
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A Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive profile is long past due. Not only is it one of the most active…
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All through December, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the Midwest’s Chicago Great Western Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of…
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Southern Railway 4501. You could write a book about this locomotive, and indeed one has been done. If it were…
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The 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotive was the first with a firebox behind the drivers and supported by a trailing truck.…
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