The history behind a locomotive’s ditch lights
Locomotive’s ditch lights With the implementation on December 31, 1997, ditch lights in the United States have been required for…
Read moreLocomotive’s ditch lights With the implementation on December 31, 1997, ditch lights in the United States have been required for…
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In 1895, a globetrotting mixed-breed mutt named Owney the Railroad Post Office Dog paid a brief call on Milwaukee. As…
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What was your first byline in Trains? Kevin Keefe: My first published piece in Trains was in the October 1975…
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Romance aboard Amtrak’s Capitol Limited: A bit of background is in order to set the stage for this romance aboard…
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Amtrak Amfleet cars were the first of the National Passenger Railroad Corporation’s own passenger cars in the 1970s. They were…
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Mind-blowing Big Boy facts In the 1959 Union Pacific movie Last of the Giants the narrator comments, “ … There…
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The Professionals filming location. The Professionals is a perfect Saturday afternoon popcorn picture. Four mercenaries in the waning days of…
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Saluda Grade future possibilities are murky. Nearly 22 years have passed since freight trains descended Southern Railway’s Saluda Mountain. Kudzu…
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Zephyr passenger cars last trip — Looking beyond a sea of Amtrak Phase IV, the stainless-steel design and neon lights…
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Bad Day at Black Rock filming location: “Bad Day at Black Rock” sounds like the perfect name for a western,…
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Second of two parts Two veteran Amtrak employees retired last year after lengthy tours of duty on the New York-Washington-Indianapolis…
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First of two parts. For decades, two Amtrak employees developed mutual respect for their work ethic among regular or occasional…
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