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Irish Rail It was the early 1990s and I was an Electro-Motive Division export locomotive district sales manager in the…
Read moreIrish Rail It was the early 1990s and I was an Electro-Motive Division export locomotive district sales manager in the…
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What was your first byline in Trains? Thomas Danneman: My first byline was in the March 2006 issue. I had…
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SD70-series locomotives EMD’s SD70-series is the longest-running locomotive series in railroading, spanning over three decades. There have been nine domestic…
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DURANGO, Colo. – Last weekend’s coal-fired photographer’s snow-train special marked the end of an era as the Durango & Silverton…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Mount Emily Lumber No. 1, a three-truck Shay locomotive, has arrived at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center…
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I was promoted to conductor on May 19, 1981. This was rare at my age — I had just turned…
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GP60-series locomotives EMDs GP60 model was the last of a series of four-axle locomotives built with ever-increasing horsepower, designed to…
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It always bothered me that I couldn’t identify the engineer in this picture of Amtrak train No. 98, departing Main…
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PORT CLINTON, Pa. – A rare-mileage Rail Diesel Car excursion to Mount Carmel, Pa., the northwestern extent of Reading &…
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Diesel locomotive builders 1. American Locomotive Company For many years after World War II, Alco — the American Locomotive Company…
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Rotary snowplow Snow … There are few things that mother nature can throw at the unsuspecting railroader that can wreak…
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General Electric’s U30C Up in the north woods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula sits the last serviceable U30C — LSI No.…
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