They call him ‘Bear’
Illinois Central and the Bear In my years hanging around the North Cairo, Ill., depot — first Illinois Central, then…
Read moreIllinois Central and the Bear In my years hanging around the North Cairo, Ill., depot — first Illinois Central, then…
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Join Trains.com hosts David Popp and Gerry Leone, as they visit Bernard Hellen in the Miniprints booth at Trainfest 2024…
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We all have “near misses” in our lives, and one of the biggest for me was the steam program of…
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Christmas Past gallery For train-watchers, the holidays have an appeal all their own. Many enjoy sending and receiving Christmas cards…
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Baltimore & Ohio train No. 355, the Toledo–Cincinnati day local, passes under the home signals protecting the road’s Chicago Division…
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I used to get a bit of grief when I was a new hire from co-workers for being a railfan.…
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Fairbanks-Morse introduced its “Consolidation Line” of freight and passenger diesels in 1950. Available in cab and booster versions rated at…
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Gotthard Panorama Express It’s hard to imagine that a Swiss train ride through a spectacular and historic mountain pass can…
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As railroad fans, we are in one form or another, closet historians. “The station used to be right there. You…
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GREEN RIVER, Wyo. — The former Union Pacific depot in Green River could cost up to $20 million to restore…
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Years ago, it was not unknown for railroads to promote themselves via railroad models. This actually began in the…
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Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora,…
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