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Own a caboose
Jul 7, 2006·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Own a caboose

At 17 feet, 5 inches, the caboose cleared all bridges and power lines on its 20-mile road trip. Steve Hendrix…

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Distinctive diesels
Jul 6, 2006·Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Distinctive diesels

Four-unit locomotive No. 103 of GM’s Electro-Motive Corporation. Electro-Motive FT Tagged “the diesel that did it” by David P. Morgan,…

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Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Jul 6, 2006·Hot Spots·Trains Magazine

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

TRAIN-WATCHING HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TWIN CITIES HIAWATHA LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LINE Runs from: Warehouse District/Hennepin Ave. in downtown Minneapolis along…

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Steam locomotive profile: 0-4-0
Jul 6, 2006·Locomotives·Classic Trains

Steam locomotive profile: 0-4-0

Baltimore & Ohio constructed this replica of the 0-4-0 Tom Thumb, its first steam locomotive. The original Tom Thumb was…

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Inside Willow Springs
Jul 6, 2006·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Inside Willow Springs

A groundsman watches while an overhead crane lowers another truck trailer onto a flatcar at BNSF’s Willow Springs intermodal facility.…

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Images of Amtrak
Jul 6, 2006·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Images of Amtrak

Even before he joined Amtrak as a locomotive engineer in 1986, Doug Riddell had been operating the corporation’s passenger trains…

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The challenge and promise of intermodal
Jul 6, 2006·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

The challenge and promise of intermodal

International steamship companies like Hanjin Shipping contract with U.S. railroads to move containers from ocean ports to inland terminals, and…

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