Engine 304 of western New York state short line Dansville & Mount Morris, pictured in September 1955, was built in 1905 by Alco’s Brooks plant for the Nickel Plate Road. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
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L&N 4-8-2 at Louisville
Handsome Louisville & Nashville 4-8-2 No. 412 stands at the head of Birmingham–Cincinnati train 8 at Louisville Union Station. Charles B. Castner photo […]
Trains Presents: Be the Engineer on the Nevada Northern Railway
Watch as Trains Associate Editor Steve Sweeney takes the engineer’s seat in a steam locomotive for the first time — ever — courtesy of Nevada Northern Railway. The historic Nevada railroad’s Be the Engineer program, is among the best known, but far from the only engineer or fireman program in the United States. Here’s an […]
Trains Presents: Preparing a steam locomotive at Nevada Northern Railway
Every steam locomotive needs special preparation before a day of service. Joins Trains Associate Editor Steve Sweeney for a behind-the-scenes look at how Nevada Northern Railway crews prepare 4-6-0 Baldwin-built No. 40 in East Ely, Nev., in May 2016. Only from Trains! […]
SP “reverse commute” train
In 1958, Southern Pacific SD7 5330 pulls into Santa Clara, Calif., with all-stops train 151, due out of San Jose at 4:20 and into San Francisco at 5:50. Jim Davis photo […]
PRR Congressional observation car
During a preview trip, members of the press enjoy one of the new parlor-lounge-observation cars the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired from Budd for the March 1952 re-equipping of the Congressional and Senator. Wallace W. Abbey photo […]
SCL piggyback train
Two Seaboard Coast Line GP40s lead a fast piggyback train through Neuse, N.C., a few miles north of Raleigh on the former Seaboard Air Line main line in June 1979. Curt Tillotson Jr. photo […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 38 – Race along the Rails
For their final two days in Alberta, Canada, Drew and The Crew find new places and perspectives for railfanning over Yellowhead Pass. Take a ride with Mike and KJ aboard a VIA Rail Canada regional run, before rejoining Drew (and some of his grizzly friends) for one last dash along CN’s Edson and Albreda Subdivisions. Don’t […]
West Virginia survivor
2-8-0 No. 4 of short line Buffalo Creek & Gauley works at Swandale, W.Va., in the early 1960s. After a spell at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where it ran as “Southern Railway 604,” this engine is now at Cass, W.Va. Classic Trains coll. […]
Topping Tennessee Pass
At Mitchell, Colo., an eastbound freight train is about a mile short of Tennessee Pass on Oct. 5, 1947. In deference to the stiff grade, the 4-8-2 road engine is assisted by a 2-8-8-2 at mid-train and another 2-8-8-2 at the rear — all for a 30-car train. Ralph E. Hallock photo […]
Passenger car beds
A sleeping berth shown set for feet first in the direction of travel on an Amtrak long-distance train. Bob Johnston Q I previously understood that the safest position to sleep while traveling by train was with feet first, but the past Amtrak trips I took had the bed set up head first. Is there an […]
Trains Presents: New Raleigh station tour
Take a tour of the new Raleigh, N.C., station, which opened in May 2018. The facility serves both Amtrak long-distance and state-supported trains, but it’s designed to accommodate commuter and high speed rail services in the future. […]
