N&W 611 concludes two-year residency at Strasburg Rail Road
STRASBURG, Pa. — Norfolk & Western J-class 4-8-4 streamlined steam engine No. 611 (Roanoke Shops, 1950) wrapped up a two-year…
Read moreSTRASBURG, Pa. — Norfolk & Western J-class 4-8-4 streamlined steam engine No. 611 (Roanoke Shops, 1950) wrapped up a two-year…
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Head-end power: Dinner is about to arrive at table 7 in the Southwest Chief’s Superliner dining car. Outside, the late…
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Locomotives are the power of railroading and the industries’ most potent and popular symbols. The major types that have been…
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Having arrived from Washington behind Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac E8s, the Miami-bound East Coast Champion stands at Richmond’s Broad Street…
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Railroad photography It can be intimidating sometimes, waiting to photograph a train with your camera and the 18-55 mm kit…
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New York Central J-3a Hudson 5435 with a centipede tender departs Ann Arbor, Mich., with the Chicago–Detroit Twilight Limited in…
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Abandoned routes It can be disheartening to study a railroad atlas and come across abandoned routes. Nobody wants to realize…
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Railroaders, and railfans, are always talking about engines: How many engines were on that train? Don’t those new engines look…
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Diesel locomotives today generally have either two- or three-axle trucks, a wheel arrangement called B-B and C-C. The B-B wheel…
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Tehachapi: An oasis in the mountains Planning a trip to the Tehachapi Mountains in California? Thinking about watching and photographing…
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Wabtec In the rail world today, Wabtec is viewed as the company that bought General Electric’s locomotive production. This is…
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A small track gang replaces ties on one of the tracks served by the coal wharf at New York Central’s…
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