Percy waits for his next run at the Strasburg Rail Road on Sept. 16. Hemade its debut on Sept. 13 and has been popular. Wayne Laepple STRASBURG, Pa. – Percy, the small green engine, has joined Thomas the Tank Engine on North America’s rails. The pint-sized 0-4-0 debuted over the weekend and has been “great,” […]
Two Alco switchers, one active and one derelict, call the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis., home. Here, on May 31, 2014, one pulls an excursion train around the railroad’s loop track. Both are painted for the Green Bay & Western. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction as relief from the Oregon Department of State Lands. The complaint alleges the state agency interfered with a reconstruction project and violated the company’s constitutional rights. Oregon Coast Scenic is the lessee and operator of the Port […]
MOUNT UNION, Pa. — The East Broad Top Preservation Association has completed the purchase of another segment of the legendary narrow gauge railroad from the Kovalchick family. The purchase includes track and right-of-way from Mount Union to the Aughwick Creek bridge, about four miles, according to Association President Larry Salone. “It has been a long […]
Join Trains’ Steve Sweeney on a trip to the Whitewater Valley Railroad in December 2013. This tourist line in Southern Indiana boasts an assortment of rolling stock including cabooses and Stillwell commuter coaches. In this video, watch as Whitewater Valley crews use Lima-Hamilton No. 25 to switch cars in the afternoon before the railroad’s annual […]
Join Trains’ Steve Sweeney on a trip to the Whitewater Valley Railroad in December 2013. This tourist line in Southern Indiana boasts an assortment of rolling stock including cabooses and Stillwell commuter coaches. In this video, watch as Whitewater Valley crews use Lima-Hamilton No. 25 to switch cars in the afternoon before the railroad’s annual […]
Grand Canyon Railway F40s head north at Red Lake, Ariz., for the South Rim on July 5, 2013, across a dry creek. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart […]
Visitors to the Cass Scenic Railroad in the early 1970s watch Shay No. 5 switch in the yard. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by J.J. Young Jr. […]
On May 29, 1961, engineer Walter Good tightens the spark arrestor on Cass Shay No. 1 after the engine started a brush fire. The railroad was in transition at the time from logging railroad to tourist attraction. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by John P. Killoran […]
ABILENE, Kan. – A $500,000 grant from the federal government to repair a bridge on the Abilene & Smoky Valley tourist railroad has been rejected and returned to the government. The grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation was requested by the Dickinson County Commission to repair the railroad’s bridge across the Smoky Hill River. […]
With Cass Shay No. 4 lettered for the scrapper that was dismantling the railroad, a governor’s special visits the wye located at Camp One on Bald Knob on April 23, 1961. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by John P. Killoran […]
Minnesota Zoo monorail in operation Nick Benson APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – The Minnesota Zoo plans to dismantle the monorail that has carried visitors across the zoo’s grounds since 1979. Officials said the monorail is outdated, will cost too much to repair, and that rider interest has decreased. Elevated 18 feet above the ground, the train […]
