Baggage-express cars are spotted at Railway Express Agency’s Nashville terminal in 1962. Several of REA’s distinctive delivery trucks can be seen on the other side of the building. Railway Express Agency photo […]
Nashville’s REA terminal
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Narrow gauge electric line
The 3-foot-gauge Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn was built in 1875 and in 1928 electrified its double-track line along the shore north of Boston. Business was brisk at first, as attested by this scene at Crescent Beach, Mass. Nevertheless, the BRB&L was abandoned in 1940. General Electric photo […]
Maine narrow-gauge passenger cars
Passenger cars of the moribund Bridgton & Harrison languish in the 2-foot-gauge line’s yard at Bridgton, Maine, in 1940. B&H was abandoned the following year. Robert B. Adams photo […]
Minnesota’s Northshore Mining to be idled
CLEVELAND — Mining and steelmaking firm Cleveland-Cliffs will at least temporarily idle its Northshore Mining operation in Minnesota, which includes a 47-mile railroad connecting its mine in Babbitt to a processing plant at Silver Bay on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Duluth News-Tribune reports the move — announced by company CEO Lourenco Goncalves […]
Louisville & Nashville’s ‘Dixie Flagler’ at speed
Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 No. 277, streamlined in 1940 for the new Dixie Flagler, powers through Louisville’s Crescent Hill neighborhood with train 8 for Cincinnati in 1949. Charles B. Castner photo […]
Sound Transit steps up testing on East Link extension (video)
SEATTLE — Testing is increasing on Sound Transit’s East Link light rail extension, with recent nighttime operations including trains operating at up to 35 mph between the Bellevue Downtown, Wilburton, and Spring District/120th stations as part of preparations to open the new trackage. A Sound Transit video of testing is below. Testing has focused on […]
What are the color schemes of tank cars and what are they used for?
Cody Grivno explains different paint schemes of tank cars and what they are used for. Do you have questions about prototype rolling stock? Or, do you want information on how to model them? Drop us an email: AskTrains@trains.com. And, if there are other paint schemes that you’ve seen applied to tank cars, let us know […]
Freight in Glenwood Canyon
Four F7s and a GP9 are reflected in the Colorado River as they roll a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight east through Glenwood Canyon in October 1960. George G. Speir photo […]
Trains, April 2022
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CV Mountain type
Boys young and old walk up to look at Central Vermont 4-8-2 601 at White River Junction, Vt., in the 1940s. Classic Trains coll. […]
Amtrak to order 50 more long-distance Siemens Chargers
CHICAGO — On the day Amtrak placed its first Siemens ALC42 locomotives into revenue service — although not without some problems — the company announced it will acquire more of the locomotives. In a event at Chicago Union Station, Amtrak Vice President and Chief Mechanical Officer George Hull used the operating debut of the two […]
CSX train derails after grade-crossing accident
DOUGLAS, Ga. — Both members of the train were reported to have been taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries after a CSX intermodal train struck a truck and derailed in Douglas, Ga., on Monday afternoon. WFXL-TV reports that the train of two locomotives and 39 cars struck an unoccupied semi truck that […]
