Ask Trains from August 2006
Q What does the name “Soo Line” mean? Is it an acronym, an abbreviation, or something else? I’ve asked many…
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One of Nickel Plate’s handsome Berkshires leads a westward freight across the Grand River bridge in Painesville, Ohio. No. 802…
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Two Pennsylvania Railroad Decapods shove a heavy freight around Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains. H. W. Pontin, Railroad Photographic…
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Santa Fe No. 900 was part of the railroad’s first class of 2-10-2s, delivered by Baldwin between 1903 and 1904.…
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Penn Central Company Penn Central was created February 1, 1968 by merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central. Entered bankruptcy…
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Canadian National Canadian National Railways was incorporated June 6, 1919, to operate several carriers that had come under governmental control…
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Lehigh & Hudson River Railway Warwick Valley opened in 1862 as 6-foot-gauge line, standard-gauged in 1880. It was extended southwest…
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Delaware & Hudson Railway Delaware & Hudson, calling itself the longest-lived transportation company in the U.S., dates to an 1823…
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Tennessee Central Railway Tennessee & Pacific dates from 1871. By 1900 one of several “Tennessee Centrals” ran east to Emory…
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Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railway Akron, Canton & Youngstown incorporated in 1907, completed its line in 1913. Purchased by N&W…
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Central Vermont 2-10-4 No. 703 puts on quite a show rolling through Sudbury, Vt., with a northward freight in 1955.…
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New York Central 4-4-0 No. 999 earned a place in history when it reached a speed of 112.5 mph while…
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