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A Triple Crown trailer train heads westbound out of Huntington, Ind., in September 2015. 15273-21 Randy Olson Question: I occasionally…
Read moreA Triple Crown trailer train heads westbound out of Huntington, Ind., in September 2015. 15273-21 Randy Olson Question: I occasionally…
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Golden spikes are popular, and have long been used as symbols of completing an important railroad construction project. In October…
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Back in 1869, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad worked tirelessly under brutal conditions to drive the last spike,…
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas drovers’ caboose No. 350 shows off the car’s extra length. The cars could accommodate extra riders overseeing livestock shipments.…
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Union Pacific SD60 No. 2181 is on the point of a welded rail train tucked into the storage siding at…
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Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 as it slowly departs Pomona, Calif., in 2013. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Question: Reportedly,…
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BNSF Railway ES44DC No. 7765 leads an intermodal train through a curved main line at Siberia, Calif., in September 2008.…
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Norfolk Southern C40-9W No. 9625 leads westbound loaded rail train 917 at the NS Bristol Yard at Bristol, Va., on…
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A northbound BNSF coal train passes Coal Creek Junction, Wyo., in July 2008. Steve Glischinski Q The picture on page…
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A southbound CN freight passes the former Soo Line station in Waukesha, Wis., in 2012. Brian Schmidt Q How did…
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A track-level platform at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport station near Baltimore enables the use of the middle track, at bottom,…
Read moreThe Canadian National Railways started off by acquiring a handful of bankrupt and government owned railways, but soon after this…
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