Photos of Alco’s mid-1940’s Black Maria freight diesels are extremely scarce. Obviously one factor was the short time the units…
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A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter Canting grandly to the gentle curve, E units break…
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Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1934 and 1943, the GG1 electric locomotive was the backbone of the busy New…
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Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1934 and 1943, the GG1 electric locomotive was the backbone of the busy New…
Read moreA supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter Outfits I have known By Michael J. McLaughlin One…
Read moreIn his article “One Day at . . . Sanford, Fla.” in the Winter 2008 issue of Classic Trains, author…
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The Wheeling & Lake Erie, an Ohio-based regional railroad, has quite a fleet. See the pdf below for its current…
Read moreEditors Note: Tour 904 was made up of Scouts from El Paso, Midland, Abilene, and East Texas. The train carried…
Read moreThe Spring 2005 issue of Classic Trains includes two stories regarding Fairbanks-Morse’s C-Line diesels: “A new dress for opposed pistons”…
Read morePennsylvania 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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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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