National Railroad Hall of Fame announces 2025 inductees
GALESBURG, Ill. — Former Norfolk Southern CEO David Goode, 1880s Santa Fe President William Strong, and former Santa Fe CEO…
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GALESBURG, Ill. — Former Norfolk Southern CEO David Goode, 1880s Santa Fe President William Strong, and former Santa Fe CEO…
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What do I collect? I collect original prewar trains in Standard and Wide Gauge, i.e. 2 1/8”. Lionel created the…
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In the early 1950s, two E8s ease New York Central train 24, the Knickerbocker, out of St. Louis Union Station…
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Pennsylvania Railroad P5a electric 4737 brings a freight into Philadelphia from the west after a heavy snowfall in early 1958.…
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During the latter half of the 1920s the single expansion articulated locomotive had evolved into a very capable machine. It…
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It isn’t much of a stretch to proclaim the 2-8-4 Berkshire-type steam locomotive as the “poster child” of the Super…
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Illinois Central’s first streamliner, delivered in 1936, was the Green Diamond, a fully articulated aluminum train built by Pullman-Standard and…
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Well into the 1950s, the Nickel Plate Road believed its superb 2-8-4 Berkshires to be better than diesels for its…
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A brick interlocking tower guards the crossing of Soo Line (left to right in photo) and Chicago & North Western…
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The Frisco’s 4200-series Mikados of 1930 were among the most powerful 2-8-2s on any railroad. They were rated at 68,500…
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For a time in the 1950s, Southern Pacific had the most extensive piggyback operations in the land. Here a train…
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In 1940, the Chesapeake & Ohio needed new locomotives to meet a burgeoning demand for transportation. Its biggest engines were…
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