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Florida from the air
Jan 4, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Florida from the air

We’re high above Seaboard Coast Line’s Uceta Yard and locomotive shop on Sept. 26 1970. Below is the busy former…

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Air hoses on locomotives
Jan 1, 2011·Ask Trains·Trains Magazine

Air hoses on locomotives

Q This is a follow-up question to one in the July 2010 issue about the three air hoses on locomotives…

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Measuring track curvature
Jan 1, 2011·Ask Trains·Trains Magazine

Measuring track curvature

Q How do railroad design engineers measure track curvature in the United States? I believe it has something to do…

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Old model-railroad books
Dec 24, 2010·Beginners·Garden Railways

Old model-railroad books

Marc Horovitz Here are a few of my favorite old model-train books, all published before 1960, in chronological order. There…

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Serving the South once again
Dec 22, 2010·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Serving the South once again

Click the image to download this interactive PDF. It ’s not likely that Trains readers would immediately recognize the significance…

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Rebuilding RDCs for a new generation
Dec 22, 2010·Railroads & Locomotives·Trains Magazine

Rebuilding RDCs for a new generation

Sign over car shop. Employee notifications are posted in English and French. Bob Johnston This unusual RDC4 originally built for…

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North Star in waiting
Dec 10, 2010·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

North Star in waiting

A North Star commuter train waits at the end of the line, Big Lake, Minn, before its return trip to…

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Ask Trains from December 2010
Dec 1, 2010·Ask Trains·Trains Magazine

Ask Trains from December 2010

Q I’ve read that when some railroads sent their steam locomotives in for a complete overhaul, they changed the main…

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Nice to fire for, but a bit strange
Nov 30, 2010·Railroad Stories: The Way It Was·Classic Trains

Nice to fire for, but a bit strange

Southern Pacific 2-10-2 3757 rests at Sparks, Nev., in 1948. J. F. Larison I went firing on the Southern Pacific’s…

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A sandwich on the house
Nov 30, 2010·Railfan Stories·Classic Trains

A sandwich on the house

To our family, the ultimate train was not the Broadway, the 20th Century, or the exalted Dominion that plied our…

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