CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The vast collection of photos taken by the late J.J. Young Jr. will soon be made available to the public. As a result of a Flickr page set up earlier this year showing Young’s images from the area in and around Binghamton, N.Y., Young’s widow Liz has agreed to allow access to […]
Whizzer
The Wisconsin & Southern, affectionately known as the “Whizzer” to local railfans, whizzes through Waukesha, Wis., on June 2, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Book Review: Garratt Locomotives
Garratt Locomotives Reprinted by Heimburger House Publishing, 7236 W. Madison St., Forest Park, IL 60130; 36 pages, 50 illustrations; softcover, 11.5 x 8.5 in.; $18.95 Heimburger House has published this reprint of a 1920s-era Beyer, Peacock & Co. Garratt locomotive catalog. To North American eyes, the Garratt is an unusual-looking machine, but the fact that […]
Book Review: Rock Island Requiem: The Collapse of a Mighty Fine Line
Rock Island Requiem: The Collapse of a Mighty Fine Line By Gregory L. Schneider University Press of Kansas, 2502 Westbrooke Cir., Lawrence, KS 66045; 392 pages, 26 photos; hardcover, 6.125 x 9.25 in.; $37.50 This impressive volume chronicles the long, sad decline of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, and illustrates how federal regulation […]
Book Review: The Ligonier Valley Rail Road
The Ligonier Valley Rail Road by Robert D. Stutzman Arcadia Publishing, 420 Wando Park Blvd., Charleston, SC 29464; 128 pages; softcover, 6.5 x 9.25 in.; $21.99 Pennsylvania is known today for having more than 50 shortline railroads within its borders, most of which are castoff segments of the Class I railroads. In the 19th and […]
Book Review: The Twilight of Steam: Great Photography from the Last Days of Steam Locomotives in America
The Twilight of Steam: Great Photography from the Last Days of Steam Locomotives in America By Brian Solomon Voyageur Press, 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401; 192 pages, 128 b&w photos; hardcover, 12 x 10 in.; $50.00 More than 50 years after the last steam engines ran in revenue service, the fascination […]
Trains, June 2014
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Twin Cities’ passenger trains through the years
FULL SCREEN St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press, Minnesota Historical Society Collection Burlington’s Zephyr‘s gather at St. Paul Union Depot on Sept. 29, 1948. FULL SCREEN Ronald Lundstrom Freshly painted SD45s Nos. 407 and 412 power a Great Northern director’s special at St. Paul Union Depot in the mid 1960s. FULL SCREEN Byron D. Olsen The Milwaukee […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 16 – Mojave & Cajon Pass
Prior to chasing the Union Pacific Big Boy no. 4014 steam locomotive to Las Vegas, host Drew Halverson spent time in the sweltering Mojave Desert heat trying to keep up with some of the hottest BNSF and UP freight trains in action. Come along as Drew captures all sorts of beautiful arid scenery and hardworking […]
Locomotive builder introduces high-visibility cab design NEWSWIRE
The new ‘Hi-Vis’ cab on a new locomotive. Motive Power & Equipment Solutions GREENVILLE, S.C. — Motive Power & Equipment Solutions Inc. has introduced its “Hi-Vis” locomotive cab. The cab is designed to deliver an unprecedented 360 degree view and improved safety in industrial operations, the company says. “We are always looking for ways to […]
Outsider
A Herzog contract work train on the BNSF Railway at Winslow, Ariz., on July 5, 2013. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart […]
Canadian Pacific in 1974
You squint through the train window to read the signs on parallel highway 148. They’re in French and English. It dawns on you that your ride in a Budd Rail Diesel Car from Ottawa to Montreal is about the most inauspicious way to begin a trip around the world. But no matter. It’s February 1974, […]