Big Boy story began in 1940
No. 4014 climbing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill, behind helper No. 4021, on June 25, 1949. R.H. Kindig When Union Pacific 4-8-8-4…
Read moreNo. 4014 climbing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill, behind helper No. 4021, on June 25, 1949. R.H. Kindig When Union Pacific 4-8-8-4…
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FULL SCREEN Top, photo courtesy of Norfolk Southern Corp.; bottom, Robert Palmer photo Top: The first NS heritage unit, ES44AC…
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Arkansas & Oklahoma B23-7 No. 4062 leads a train to interchange cars with Union Pacific in Oklahoma City. John Leopard…
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S12 No. 300 and VO1000 No. 412 congregate at the SMS’s Pureland operation. Scott A. Hartley In the August 2011…
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Amtrak MP15 No. 576 leads a work train across the Northeast Corridor at Newark, Del., on Jan. 19, 2011. Michael…
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Name No. Type Builder Year built Peppersass 1 Campbell, Whittier & Co. – 1866 Mt. Washington 1 0-2-2-0 Manchester Loco.…
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Ringling’s Blue Unit circus train exits Huntsman Canyon at Moapa, Nev., June 15, 2010, oln its way to Las Vegas.…
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Genesee & Wyoming-owned St. Lawrence & Atlantic units congregate at Danville Junction, Maine, in August 2006. Matt Martin In Trains…
Read moreEDITOR’S NOTE: When we asked the Class I railroads for input on the May 2010 locomotive column on the subject…
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Late in the day, but early on author Fred Frailey’s trip, Pan Am train AYMO passes Otter Creek, Mass., on…
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Freightliner No. 70006 represents GE’s new PowerHaul series, a potential competitor to the venerable EMD Class 66 diesels that currently…
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Eichholz Rail V170 No. 1125, a Swedish-built diesel, shows off its “Warbonnet” markings on an excursion train at Traiskirchen, Austria.…
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