Five mind-blowing facts about steam locomotives
From the smallest narrow-gauge locomotive right up to Big Boy, steam locomotives capture the imagination and occupy a significant place…
Read moreFrom the smallest narrow-gauge locomotive right up to Big Boy, steam locomotives capture the imagination and occupy a significant place…
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A single E6 diesel leads Louisville & Nashville’s Cincinnati–New Orleans Humming Bird through Turner, Ky., in 1948. A rebuilt heavyweight…
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Five worst paint schemes When it comes to a diesel locomotive’s paint scheme, I know what I like. I’m also…
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I thought about calling this column “What on earth were they thinking,” but that wouldn’t have made a good title…
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GP15D & GP20D A rare pair of Geep diesel locomotives, the GP15D and GP20D, looked like sure winners, but sank…
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Note: This article corrects an earlier version that contained an error in the description of the SD70’s HTC-R trucks. See…
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Death Valley Railroad Of all the places to run a railroad, perhaps the last you might expect to find one…
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Genesee & Wyoming is undergoing the largest-ever transformation of its corporate locomotive fleet. A consent decree announced in January between…
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Georgia Railroad locomotives included a mix of small steam designs and EMD models. By 1914 the Georgia Road…
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In the steam era, perhaps no sight was as unconventional as an encounter with one of the Southern Pacific cab-forwards.…
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It’s getting cooler in the northern latitudes, and for many of us, it will soon be time to put away…
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When I began writing this Mileposts blog seven years ago, I told myself to avoid saying much about my…
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