CP coming round the bend
Two high-horsepower GE locomotives approach Elm Grove, Wis., with eastbound Canadian Pacific coke train 852. The train is descending the…
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Two high-horsepower GE locomotives approach Elm Grove, Wis., with eastbound Canadian Pacific coke train 852. The train is descending the…
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Amtrak inherited from Penn Central these self-propelled Rail Diesel Cars with distinctive front ends built for the New Haven Railroad’s…
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Philadelphia Transportation Co. PCC car 2115 cruises east on a Route 56 run along Erie Avenue in 1955. Mert Leet…
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The Silver Chalet, once part of the Western Pacific’s California Zephyr, rests outside Quad/Graphics’ Sussex, Wis., printing plant Nov. 24,…
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Wisconsin & Southern Jordan spreader WSOX 9 shatters a drift near Minnesota Junction, Wis., on Feb. 3, 2011. William R.…
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Read more about the Rock Island’s 1960s diesel menagerie in a PDF of the article “Christine and the Mongeese” by…
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A Norfolk Southern local negotiates Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor main line at Leaman Place, Pa., on Aug. 31, 2011. Though the…
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“Deluxe” cars like these on New Haven train 365 at Darien, Conn., in July 1947 were not what author Paradis…
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Q On which railroad was the 1975 movie “Breakheart Pass” filmed? — Klaus Schmidt, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. A “Breakheart Pass”…
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Southern Railway SD45 No. 3121 leads long hood forward on a unit coal train at Oreton, Va., in 1984. Such…
Read moreQ Why are some Rio Grande steam locomotives referred to as “Mudhens?”— Larry Beck, Susanville, Calif. A The term “Mudhen”…
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Steam engine gage glasses have prisms to improve water visibility. J. David Conrad Q What type of glass (or other…
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