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Steve’s Big Boy Firebox Tour
Nov 21, 2013·Railfanning·Trains Magazine

Steve’s Big Boy Firebox Tour

Join Trains Associate Editor Steve Sweeney on a guided tour of Big Boy No. 4014 – from the firebox! Narration provided by…

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Back to the Bakken
Nov 8, 2013·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Back to the Bakken

Empty oil cans return to the oil field of North Dakota behind two fresh Norfolk Southern GE ES44ACs. BNSF Railway…

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F3 to Monon
Nov 5, 2013·Railfan Stories·Classic Trains

F3 to Monon

Red and gray Monon F3’s on the Louisville–Chicago Tippecanoe pause at Crawfordsville, Ind., in fall 1948. Dick Howell Back in…

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The envy of all
Nov 5, 2013·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

The envy of all

Visitors to the Cass Scenic Railroad in the early 1970s watch Shay No. 5 switch in the yard. Check out…

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Stalking Coaling Towers in Maine
Oct 31, 2013·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Stalking Coaling Towers in Maine

FULL SCREEN David Kahler To my delight I found not one, but two concrete coaling towers straddling the BAR rail…

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Diesel under wire
Oct 30, 2013·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Diesel under wire

  Amtrak P42 No. 185 leads the Pennsylvanian through Lancaster, Pa., on April 21, 2013. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart…

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Fitchburg Line on the eve of change
Oct 28, 2013·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Fitchburg Line on the eve of change

One of Boston’s oldest historic lines, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fitchburg/South Acton Line between Boston and Fitchburg (built in 1845)…

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