Kennesaw Mountain looms in the distance as Georgia Northeastern Nos. 6576, 9706 and 7562 — locomotives that are former Baltimore & Ohio GP9, Penn Central GP38, and Pennsylvania GP9, respectively — switch the Georgia Northeastern lead on the CSX Transportation bridge over Tower Road in Marietta, Ga. Courtesy: Patriot Rail ATLANTA — A torch is […]
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]
Florida East Coast train No. 226 crosses the San Sebastian River in St. Augustine, Fla., on Sept. 1, 2013. Photo by Grady McKinley […]
Norfolk Southern ES440AC No. 8101, honoring the heritage of the Central of Georgia Railway, leads westbound train 66E through Old Fort, N.C., on Oct. 19, 2012. Photo by Grady McKinley […]
This video highlights part of an operating session on Thomas Klimoski’s GNRR layout. The video showcases the communication and interaction of the two person crew while they switch the various industries on the GNRR North Local. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive for MR Video Plus subscribers, MRVP’s Ben Lake has prepared a virtual tour of the HO scale Georgia Northeastern RR, a 9 x 11-foot layout featured in MR’s Model Railroad Planning 2016! For more info on the design, be sure […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive for MR Video Plus subscribers, MRVP’s Ben Lake has prepared a virtual tour of the HO scale Georgia Northeastern RR, a 9 x 11-foot layout featured in MR’s Model Railroad Planning 2016! For more info on the design, be sure […]
Ride along with Trains Magazine passenger correspondent Bob Johnston on Amtrak’s northbound Piedmont, train No. 73, between Cary and Durham, N.C. This September 2015 trip features a look at corridor improvements funded by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. NCDOT Rail Division Manager of Design and Construction Jason Orthner answers questions while engineer Fred Gibson […]
Ride along with Trains Magazine passenger correspondent Bob Johnston on Amtrak’s northbound Piedmont, train No. 73, between Cary and Durham, N.C. This September 2015 trip features a look at corridor improvements funded by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. NCDOT Rail Division Manager of Design and Construction Jason Orthner answers questions while engineer Fred Gibson […]
The sight of an approaching Seaboard E7 signaled adventure: a boy’s first train ride. Wiley M. Bryan I don’t know how my fascination for trains began, but ever since I could remember, I had been drawn to their mystique. I like tracks, switches, sidings, and depots. I like everything associated with trains. So, in November […]
Kansas City Southern E8 No. 26 races north of Heavener, Okla., with the Kansas City-bound Southern Belle on December 30, 1962. J. David Ingles Back in 1968, when I first hired out on the Kansas City Southern Railway, I bid on and was assigned to the “second trick” operator’s position at De Queen, Ark. By […]
