Helping the helper crews at Lamanda Park
Santa Fe’s Chief approaches the Lamanda Park siding on May 17, 1946. The fireman on the helper is ready to…
Read moreSanta Fe’s Chief approaches the Lamanda Park siding on May 17, 1946. The fireman on the helper is ready to…
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FULL SCREEN Jack Delano, courtesy of the Library of Congress Santa Fe conductor George Burton tends the fire in the…
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Head-end traffic helped cover some of the costs of America’s passenger trains for many years. Contracts with the United States…
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Watch Southern Railway 2-8-0 Consolidation No. 630 operating in main line excursion service out of Spencer, N.C., in June 2012.…
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In this polar vortex edition of Drew’s Trackside Adventure for March 2014, host Drew Halverson and the MRVP crew make…
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Two Union Pacific trains idle side-by-side just west of Southwest Drive while waiting permission to continue east through the Cheyenne,…
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BNSF Railway ES44DC No. 7339 heads up train U-TNDNSD through East Dubuque, Ill., on Jan. 19, 2014. The crude…
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How many places in the United States can a railroad passenger travel more than 70 miles in one hour? This…
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An eastbound BNSF Railway freight passes Valentine, Ariz., on July 3, 2013, on the former Santa Fe main line. Photo…
Read moreJoin Trains’ Steve Sweeney on a trip to the Whitewater Valley Railroad in December 2013. This tourist line in Southern…
Read moreFULL SCREEN Mike Danneman This painting of the 1947 Empire Builder led by EMD E7s is an acrylic on canvas…
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