Steamtown resumes traditional Railfest schedule
SCRANTON, Pa. — The National Park Service’s Steamtown National Historic Site this weekend revived its traditional Labor Day Railfest event,…
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By the mid-1950s, the economic “Passenger Problem” was haunting U.S. railroads in a material way. In addition, older equipment continued…
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Since January, we’ve been nominating people to establish a Model Railroader Hall of Fame. Just to be clear, this isn’t…
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A lot of diligent photographers were scattered along the old Wabash main line in Indiana and Illinois this past weekend…
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CASS, W.Va — Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, the facility including the 11-mile heritage railroad and preserved lumber company town,…
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Pennsylvania’s U.S. 22 It takes less than 6 hours to drive across Pennsylvania using Interstate 80 (boring) or the Pennsylvania…
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Top 10 hot spots I’ve had the good fortune to travel extensively during my almost 60 years of rail photography,…
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SILVIS, Ill. — BNSF Railway will donate the turntable from its Cicero, Ill., yard to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America…
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Amtrak North Coast Hiawatha service joined the Chicago to Seattle market as an unnamed, triweekly train on June 5, 1971.…
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Two 2-8-8-0 Mallets assist a train of oil-laden tank cars up Baltimore & Ohio’s 2.4-percent Cranberry Grade to Terra Alta,…
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A locomotive on fire Since railroading’s very inception, fire has been one of the most frightening things that can occur,…
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Cass Scenic Railroad THIS IS A STORY ABOUT ONE SUMMER in the life of a fireman on the Cass Scenic…
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