Down memory lane: Encountering the same locomotive over the years
Down memory lane Down memory lane: Ever find yourself bumping into the same locomotive over the decades? I have. For…
Read moreDown memory lane Down memory lane: Ever find yourself bumping into the same locomotive over the decades? I have. For…
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Roosevelt Road used to be ‘the’ Chicago railfan road. On less than a mile of viaducts just south of downtown,…
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Them’s the breaks Late afternoon on Jan. 30, 2007, my conductor and I were called for the SSEALPC — a…
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois locomotives served the road well through many decades of operation. C&EI was a coal-hauling…
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Amtrak GP40 diesel locomotives came in two flavors: eight former GO Transit GP40TCs acquired in October 1988 and 15 straight…
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Walking out the 15th Street side entrance to Detroit’s Michigan Central Station last Friday morning, I found myself channeling the…
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DC-to-AC rebuild During the middle of May, Canadian National tested its first modified DC-to-AC rebuild on an ore train in…
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My first regular assignment as a brakeman on the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1977 was one that no one…
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The Budd Co. and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy went hand in hand in building the streamlined Zephyr fleet, though the…
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DETROIT — The magnificent indoor space at Michigan Central Station that once hosted New York Central passenger trains has been…
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SILVIS, Ill. — Union Pacific DDA40X Centennial diesel No. 6936 will be on display at a free “Summer of Safety”…
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DETROIT — The city of Detroit has seen its share of comebacks over the past 20 years, but nothing quite…
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