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Pennsylvania class L1 Mikado No. 26, trailing an additional tender for extra water capacity, heads a train of empty coal hoppers west out of Renovo, Pa., in September 1955. Under PRR’s unorthodox numbering system, the 574-member L1 fleet ranged from No. 2 to No. 8636. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
The former Baltimore & Ohio tower at Keyser, W.Va., seen here in 2004 under CSX ownership, was a classic “armstrong” mechanical interlocking plant. The pipes travel along the tracks, where levers and cranks transfer the motion to switches, locks, and derails. Concrete pedestals support the pipe lines and other hardware. Historic American Engineering Record photo […]
In the 1950s, two Pittsburgh Railways PCC streetcars have left downtown, crossed the Monongahela River on the Smithfield Bridge, passed the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie depot, and are heading up into the South Hills tunnel. Linn H. Westcott photo […]
Norfolk & Western class Y6 2-8-8-2 Mallets rest at the Grundy, Va., engine terminal in March 1959. Bruce R. Meyer photo […]
A Chessie System train led by two Geeps (ex-B&O and WM) passes under a skewed pony truss bridge of the Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad in Akron, Ohio. John Beach photo […]
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Metra’s newly re-built F40PH no. 175 arrived in early September from Progress Rail Services Metra Engineer Kyle Nanfeldt stands in front of the locomotive, which wears a paint scheme he designed. Mark Llanuza The cover of Locomotive 2016, on-sale in late September. CHICAGO — Metra, Chicago’s commuter operator, received its first rebuilt F40PH No. 175 […]
Sumpter Valley Railway No. 18, built by Baldwin in 1916, is a modern-design, low-drivered, 36-inch-gauge wood-burning 2-8-2. The timber-hauling Sumpter Valley extended 80 miles out of Baker, Ore.; today, tourists can ride behind steam on 5 miles of rebuilt track. Matt Coleman collection […]
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Pacific 801 climbs the Rio Grande’s Craig Branch with the Yampa Valley Mail sometime in the 1940s. The main line, which the train left at Bond, Colo., is far below in the distance. R.H. Kindig photo […]
The Ohio River & Western was a 3-foot-gauge line in Ohio affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Folks have driven out in their cars to the road’s famous S-shaped trestle just west of Key, Ohio, to watch the OR&W’s last train on May 30, 1931. John B. Corns collection […]
