An Engineer’s Life: Cascade Tunnel adventure, part 2
Well, I left everybody hanging with the end of my last story, the Cascade Tunnel adventure. The adventure continued even…
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DULUTH, Ga. — The Southeastern Railway Museum, a 35-acre facility established in Duluth in 1970, is among sites included on…
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When created, Burlington Northern had a greater extent than any other U. S. railroad: Vancouver, British Columbia, to Pensacola,…
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It was an oddball branch line with a just-as-odd history that is still worth recounting. The Rio Grande’s…
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PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — Non-profit initiative Erie Turntable has announced its lineup of events for 2025, including plans for the…
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A frequent question from railfans is why? Why are some diesels destined for scrap? Why does your favorite locomotive go…
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HARRISBURG, Pa. – With a cellphone, tablet or notebook in hand, visitors can activate a Pennsylvania Railroad position-light signal here…
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A few months ago I wrote about a boxcar storage shed in Crookston, Minn., my hometown. During that same visit…
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NORTH WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro-North Railroad has completed the sixth in its series of locomotives…
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UNION, Ill. — Metra has donated F40C No. 614, one of just two such surviving locomotives, to the Illinois Railway…
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SUGARCREEK, Ohio — The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum is preparing for the first public viewing of the newest locomotive…
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VICKSBURG, Mich. — Vicksburg’s Union Depot, a brick and stone structure dating to 1904 and built to serve predecessors to…
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