Louisville & Nashville Cumberland Valley fast freight No. 66 leaves the north portal of Hagans Tunnel in May 1966. Three fairly new General Electric U25Cs are on the point of this train, which has just passed through L&N’s longest tunnel at 6,244-feet. Ron Flanary photo […]
Florida East Coast train No. 218 passes Boca Raton, Fla., on April 11, 2008. The railroad, now a sister to RailAmerica, depends on intermodal and aggregate shipments to sustain its Miami-Jacksonville, Fla., route. Thomas J. Nanos photo […]
Two Norfolk Southern six-axle GEs haul BNSF office cars south on the former Southern Railway main line at Spencer, N.C. in October 1999. The train was on an inspection tour for TTX, the freight car company. Jim Wrinn photo […]
Norfolk Southern train 119 thunders through Salisbury, N.C., on Jan. 23, 2008, led by SD60 No. 6694. Photo by Clint Renegar […]
Robert Wegner This Map of the Month appeared in the January 2003 issue of Trains magazine. This is the second in our series of coal-fired power plant maps of the U.S. The first, showing the Northeastern quadrant of the U.S., appeared in June 2002 Trains. Electrical generation in the South obeys a much different pattern […]
Click the image to download a PDF of this article as it would appear in TRAINS magazine. Before they were stars: United Railways of Yucatan’s steam power was nearing the end of regular service when these images were made. No. 274 was powering a mixed train at Tecoh, Yuc., on Oct. 4, 1964, two days […]
Shining like the sun, Disney locomotive No. 3 navigates the 7,809-foot loop around the Florida park. It was No. 275 when it operated in Mexico. Jef f Terry Shining like the sun, Disney’s locomotive No. 4 navigates the 7,809-foot loop around the Florida park. It was No. 251 when it steamed on the Yucatan peninsula. […]
Flying flags that mark it as an extra, Louisville & Nashville 806 South pulls a 106-car freight upgrade south of Montgomery, Ala., on May 26, 1955. The train consists mainly of empty cars bound for the docks at Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans. […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville is set to become the 18th North American metropolitan area to be served by commuter trains (vs. light-rail/trolley and/or heavy-rail/subway) with the inaugural run on Monday, Sept. 18, of the Music City Star. Tickets will be available on-line starting next week, and commuters who plan to purchase monthly tickets should act […]
Shreveport is profiled in Kalmbach’s Guide to North American Hot Spots by TRAINS Senior Editor J. David Ingles. Read below for Shreveport information. Site: Shreveport, Louisiana Popular Name: Texas Junction Location: Louisiana B-1 (Rand McNally Atlas) Directions: 10 miles northwest of downtown Shreveport. From I-220 (a freeway loop around the north side of Shreveport), exit […]
Tri-Rail F40PH-2C 807 eases to a stop in West Palm Beach, Fla., with a Miami-bound train at 5:40 p.m., on August 15, 1997. Matt Van Hattem Tri-Rail began commuter service in South Florida on January 9, 1989, the first of the major commuter start-ups of the 1990s. Formed in 1987 by the Florida Department of […]
Virginia Railway Express serves commuters in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., with an 83-mile system comprised of two lines and 18 stations. Service to Manassas began on June 22, 1992; service to Fredericksburg followed on July 20, 1992. Trains on both lines call at stations in Alexandria, Arlington (Crystal City), and Washington, D.C. (L’Enfant Plaza […]
