Railroads included in this map: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; BNSF Railway; Metrolink; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific This map originally appeared in the August 2011 issue of Trains magazine. […]
Cajon Pass as you’ve never seen it
Tag: Railroads
Running repairs keep loaded cars on the move
Railroad equipment sustains a great deal of wear and tear as the freight cars travel about the country. For this reason, all cars receive careful attention from car inspectors anytime they move through a yard or terminal. Car inspectors are trained to look for anything that’s wrong with a freight car, from damaged safety appliances […]
To Saigon via Summit
A Santa Fe RSD15, SD24, and two SD45s curve toward Summit with an eastbound freight on November 14, 1970. Jay Potter People used to say that railroads held the country together. They were the proverbial ribbons of steel that kept commerce and people moving and made a lot of things possible. Today — as I […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Bear Creek Railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jerry Mickey’s Bear Creek Railroad, a basement-filling O scale (three-rail) layout. […]
Ohio’s railroads: 1946 and 2006
It’s almost a cliché to call Ohio a crossroads of railroading. The state was, literally, stitched in steel. Here, the New York-Chicago and New York-St. Louis routes of the Eastern trunk lines crossed paths with Pocahontas coal roads making a beeline to Lake Erie and nearby railroad gateways (Norfolk & Western got as far as […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 23 – Union Pacific in Mile-High City & More
For his second day in the Denver area, host Drew Halverson explores more of the Front Range, before returning to other railroad sites in the Mile-High City. Drew also joins pal Mike Danneman for stops at the recently-renovated Denver Union Station and an extra special ride on the Colorado Railroad Museum’s K-37 steam locomotive. […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 22 – Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision
Host Drew Halverson ventures to Denver, Colo., home of his beloved Broncos. But more importantly, it’s the starting point for UP’s Moffat Route over the Continental Divide. Good pal Mike Danneman leads the MRVP crew out of the city and into the Front Range for a day of dramatic views and action along the curvaceous, […]
Locomotive radiators keep engines cool
A BNSF ES44C4’s radiator assembly in the plant at Fort Worth, Texas. Both GE and EMD radiator sections are prebuilt and set onto the frame during assembly. Chris Guss Locomotive engine heat, left uncontrolled, can damage engine parts and shorten the life of the engine and its attached components. An effective radiator system keeps the […]
Surviving FL9s
New Haven FL9 2019, owned by Railroad Museum of New England, during North Carolina Transportation Museum’s Streamliners at Spencer event in June 2014. Robert S. McGonigal View a list of the 22 survivors of the New Haven’s original fleet of 60 FL9 locomotives […]
Classic Trains’ list of surviving EMD FP7 locomotives
Soo Line FP7 2500, owned by Lake Superior Railroad Museum, and Southern Railway FP7 6133, owned by North Carolina Transportation Museum, during NCTM’s Streamliners at Spencer event in June 2014. Robert S. McGonigal VIEW FP7 Survivors List […]
One moment sooner!
Rare CPA-24-5 4500 (partially hidden by a signal box) and an F3B lead NYC’s James Whitcomb Riley north at Illinois Central’s 115th Street station; second car is a C&O Newport News–Chicago sleeper. Gordon E. Lloyd What makes a perfect photo? Perhaps first and foremost, “perfect” is an abstraction, perfection being generally defined in the mind […]
Logging road, take me home!
Stand next to Trains‘ Steve Sweeney with video from Cass Scenic Railroad’s annual railfan weekend in 2014. Steve caught Cass’ Heisler No. 6 hauling a short freight, a triple-headed Shay consist, and the grand parade of steam. See steam railroading at its best, in the West Virginia mountains, only from Trains! […]
