Sherman Hill: the first Rocky Mountain railroad pass
Sherman Hill is one of the landmarks on the transcontinental railroad. It was the first major obstacle for the railroad…
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Sherman Hill is one of the landmarks on the transcontinental railroad. It was the first major obstacle for the railroad…
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Crash at Crush history “Crash at Crush” turns up thousands of Google search results. Many of these point to the…
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I was hired as a yard clerk for the Southern Pacific in San Jose, Calif., in April 1960. On…
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The Amtrak passengers who come and go from train No. 7 at Havre, Mont., are likely on their way out…
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While the Russians were staging their annual parade in Moscow’s Red Square on May Day 50 years ago, Amtrak was…
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History of the Baldwin classification system The Baldwin classification system originated in 1842, when Asa Whitney was a partner of…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe’s dock at Ferry Point outside of San Francisco burned May 4, 1984. I was on…
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I decided to make history repeat itself in August 2000, when my son, Liam, was 4. I wanted Liam to…
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Last fall, Editor Jim Wrinn posed a few questions to retired CSX Chairman Hays Watkins. Living in retirement in Virginia,…
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In the 1990s Amtrak managers sought to use mail and express business to bolster revenue. A byproduct of that…
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On June 10, 1993, a Burlington Northern SD60M and SD40-2 take an eastbound freight along the Missouri River and into…
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Chinese workers load rail onto a tracklaying car from the piles left by the morning’s supply train. Sixteen rails, a…
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