Chicago tonnage by railroad: 1971 and 2000
Traffic density changes in the past 30 years on freight railroads’ main lines to Chicago reflect factors both geographic and…
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Traffic density changes in the past 30 years on freight railroads’ main lines to Chicago reflect factors both geographic and…
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A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter A B&LE Pacific with train 13 makes a stop…
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The undeniable triumph of U.S. railroading can be seen in this graph of revenue ton-miles: the most basic unit of…
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Think you’re in a hurry to get to work? The 3,170 trains on this map make it their business to…
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Before the mega-merger movement of the 1980s, only a few U.S. Class I systems attained route-mileage in five figures. Santa…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: When we asked the Class I railroads for input on the May 2010 locomotive column on the subject…
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Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern SD40-3 no. 6097 is on point of train 486 as it glides through Elm Grove, WI…
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Norfolk Southern train 119 thunders through Salisbury, N.C., on Jan. 23, 2008, led by SD60 No. 6694. Photo by Clint…
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Across the country, the stories play out simultaneously on a weekday morning: Two businessmen headed for the 8:03 Boston-bound Acela…
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What will railroading look like 27 years from now? Will yards be jammed, main lines clogged, and trains backed up…
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If you want a glimpse of railroad operations six decades ago, this map of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy provides…
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This map of the Kansas City Southern and Louisiana & Arkansas (just prior to their 1939 operational merger) is based…
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