The history of Baltimore & Ohio’s Shepherd Branch
Returning to Benning Yard, CSX local B701 makes its way slowly north on the historic Shepherd Industrial Track, near Anacostia…
Read moreReturning to Benning Yard, CSX local B701 makes its way slowly north on the historic Shepherd Industrial Track, near Anacostia…
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Here’s a variation on a familiar World War II theme, the diverse geographical backgrounds of men serving together in the…
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Ann Arbor RS1 No. 20 unloads freight cars off the Lake Michigan carferry Arthur K. Atkinson at Frankfort, Mich., in…
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In June 1949, my friend Bob Wagner and I decided to head from our Los Angels-area homes for the Owens…
Read moreWhen I read Rev. Richard Anderson’s account in the Summer 2000 Classic Trains [pages 93-95] of his travels on the…
Read moreI hired out in 1944 with the Santa Fe as an agent/operator apprentice and in August was assigned to the…
Read moreDuring my career as an engineman on the Southern Pacific, I ran and fired locomotives carrying from 185 to 300…
Read moreThe year was 1966; I was 19 years old and starting my second summer working on the Great Lakes. This…
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The end of the 19th century marked the beginning of a conservation movement in America. Naturalists and environmentalists lobbied the…
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In the Fall 2001 issue of Classic Trains magazine, Senior Editor Dave Ingles recounts his train trip to and from…
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Today you can ride across the United States aboard long-distance Amtrak trains such as the Lake Shore Limited, Silver Star,…
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