The making of a holiday train
Making of a holiday train The excitement of a special holiday train might be lost in the eyes of adults,…
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Cabooses It’s been roughly 40 years since cabooses were a regular occurrence on the end of any mainline train. Cabooses…
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Chicago-area pedestrian crossing disappears I have no idea how long pedestrians have been crossing the railroad right-of-way at the gated…
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A Norfolk Southern train storms eastward through Otis, Indiana. Trains staff Read more Norfolk Southern articles on Trains‘ website. Norfolk…
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Dynamic brakes The primary way to stop a train is using the air brake system located on the trailing freight…
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October on ex-Sacramento Northern Railway Each October, two former Key System bridge units operated by the Western Railway Museum become…
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Markings on railroad tracks From signs that denote locations from terminals to speed limits signs, railroads leave us clues about…
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Railcar couplers Railcar couplers have been an issue since the beginning of railroading. Keeping the cars together yet making them…
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Freight car wheels As railroads have developed and embraced emerging technology, the design of railcar wheelsets has remained the same…
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Composite ties Wood crossties have been part of railroading from the beginning and North American railroads still purchase and install…
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BNSF’s Truxton Flyover project Truxton, Ariz., is not exactly one of the metropolitan centers of the American Southwest. “Population: very…
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Amtrak’s Maple Leaf catches a CSX intermodal train With vehicle-train collisions near the top of the issues list following…
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