Belt Railway of Chicago locomotives
Belt Railway of Chicago locomotives: I recently photographed an ex-Belt Railway of Chiacgo Alco in, of all places, Olean, N.Y.,…
Read moreBelt Railway of Chicago locomotives: I recently photographed an ex-Belt Railway of Chiacgo Alco in, of all places, Olean, N.Y.,…
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Cowl locomotives: Six-axle cowl locomotives purchased for freight service have been rostered continuously on Class I railroads since Santa Fe…
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Repowering locomotives is essential for a railroad to meet its needs. This is installment, number three, on our quest to…
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Six axle comfort cabs on shortlines: Comfort cabs took North America by storm in the late 1980s with the introduction…
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Changing a locomotive headlight: Everything we do on the railroad is guided by FRA standards and practices. According to the…
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Diesels with trolley poles: Interurban railways usually had some form of freight traffic supplementing their passenger business, but almost none…
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Reading T-1 4-8-4 2102 is a steam locomotive of the Reading Company T-1 class locomotives built by the Reading in…
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44-ton locomotives in North America: There was a time in North American transportation where railroads were the king of moving…
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My first road-switcher cab ride started with the wub, wub, wub, wub, wub sound of the engine at the Illinois…
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2022 steam locomotive list spring update: It’s time for the active steam list update. Since we debuted the list last…
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Introducing The Empress Canadian Pacific 2816 The Empress: Canadian Pacific President and CEO Rob Ritchie set the steam preservation world…
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9 oddball diesel locomotives: Just when we think we understand the rationale behind particular railroad locomotive fleets, they like to…
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