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Ride through Rainbow Canyon
An eastbound Union Pacific intermodal freight enters Rainbow Canyon near Elgin, Nev., on Nov. 3, 2006. For 20 miles the train will follow the Meadow Valley Wash up the steep grade to the former division point at Caliente, Nev., on the Los Angeles & Salt Lake route. Photo by Robert Jordan […]
Team Bethlehem
An eastbound empty coal train, led by CSX AC44CW No. 418, passes Defiance, Ohio, on May 5, 2013. The train is made up mostly of old Bethlehem Steel “BethGon” gondolas, now used by successor ArcelorMittal. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
What is a wristpin?
With so much talk about Union Pacific’s effort to restore Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014, the world wants to know … what is a wristpin? Listen in as UP steam boss Ed Dickens Jr. talks about this 50-pound plus hunk of metal without which a live, steaming Big Boy would grind to a halt. […]
Big Boy, Union Pacific steam supporter Ed Gerlits dies NEWSWIRE
Ed Gerlits Jim Wrinn POMONA, Calif. — Ed Gerlits, a well-known Denver-area railroad enthusiast, former Colorado tourist railroad owner, and the man who just last month welcomed scores of visitors to witness Union Pacific move Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, has died. He was 79. Gerlits, the long-time mentor […]
Extended network
Two Norfolk Southern GE ponies, with Union Pacific train Z-CHEM in tow, gallop out of North Lake, Wis., on their journey to Minneapolis, Minn. The Triple Crown train is one of the few that operates off NS rails. Photo by Matt Krause […]
Now arriving
An Amtrak San Joaquin train arrives at Emeryville, Calif., as the afternoon rush comes into full swing on Aug. 27, 2013. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Extensive narrow gauge collection up for sale NEWSWIRE
West Side Lumber No. 12 West Side Lumber No. 8 Georgetown Loop No. 40 GOLDEN, Colo. — One of the largest and most extensive collections of historic narrow gauge equipment in the West is up for sale. Lindsey and Rosa Ashby, the operators of the Georgetown Loop narrow gauge railroad out of Georgetown, Colo., from […]
Fall vision
Oct. 7, 1997, was a perfect day to witness Conrail’s Office Car Special rolling east through the Berkshires on the Boston & Albany line at Bancroft, Mass. Photo by Robert Jordan […]
Inside the Cab of Big Boy No. 4014
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Inside the Cab of Big Boy No. 4014
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Canadian passenger trains in the 1970s
FULL SCREEN Brian Buchanan A Canadian National steam excursion train, led by CN 4-8-2 No. 6060 makes its way to Spadina Avenue engine facilities in Toronto on July 27, 1977. FULL SCREEN Brian Buchanan Three diesels rest outside the Spadina Avenue engine facilities in Toronto on July 27, 1977. FULL SCREEN Brian Buchanan Canadian National […]