Western mainline tonnage growth: 1979 to 2001
This Map of the Month was featured in the June 2003 issue of Trains magazine. We know railroads experienced a…
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A westbound Z-train roars through West Chana, Ill., on the BNSF Aurora Sub. Photo by Nathan Beecher [...]Read More...
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The Western Maryland, or “Wild Mary” as it was known to its many fans, was a a tenacious regional railroad,…
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Townspeople of South Charleston, W.Va., inspect C&O 500, first of the road’s trio of colossal steam-electric-turbine locomotives intended for its…
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An Alta Velocidad Espanola train soars through Cordoba, Spain, on March 21, 2010. AVE, as it’s known, is also the…
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Today, it’s a busy Metra station, but on Sept. 27, 1979, LaSalle Street Station in downtown Chicago was a place…
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CB&Q Hudson 4000, a sister to the 3012 that surprised Bob Jack on a freight, works tonnage at Galesburg, Ill.,…
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A westbound BNSF Z-train, hauling new J.B. Hunt Intermodal containers, pounds the diamonds at Rochelle, Illinois. Photo by Nathan Beecher…
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A pair of CSX trains, with Union Pacific; Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern; and Kansas City Southern locomotives; wait for new…
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For three days in July 1905, the American public was transfixed by a fast train, racing from Los Angeles to…
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