The Berkshire: Fast-Freight Legend
In 1920, when American railroads emerged from 26 months of government control, the prevailing philosophy of freight-train operation was to…
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Pennsylvania Railroad’s coast-to-coast air-rail service, run jointly with the Santa Fe and Trancontinental Air Transport, was championed by PRR president…
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The Wabash Railway of 1900 was part of the empire that George Gould inherited from his father Jay. Its lines…
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In 1879 and 1880, a syndicate headed by George I. Seney, a New York banker, assembled the Lake Erie &…
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Baltimore & Ohio timeline: 1827 Charter approved 1828 Official start of construction on July 4 1830 Scheduled service begins, Baltimore-Ellicotts…
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By 1919, a three-orange logo had replaced the single piece of fruit that adorned the covers of Golden State travel…
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Seaboard’s coach-only mail train, No. 5, at Hamlet, N.C., behind E7 3041 and SDP35 1113. J. David Ingles It’s 300…
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A helicopter view of the westbound City of San Francisco buried in snow on Donner Pass. Doug Wornom collection Sixty…
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Returning to Benning Yard, CSX local B701 makes its way slowly north on the historic Shepherd Industrial Track, near Anacostia…
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Here’s a variation on a familiar World War II theme, the diverse geographical backgrounds of men serving together in the…
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Ann Arbor RS1 No. 20 unloads freight cars off the Lake Michigan carferry Arthur K. Atkinson at Frankfort, Mich., in…
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I hired out in 1944 with the Santa Fe as an agent/operator apprentice and in August was assigned to the…
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