An engineer’s life: A happy Thanksgiving indeed
In late November 1978, just after the Thanksgiving holiday, I was called off the Auburn extra board to deadhead to…
Read moreIn late November 1978, just after the Thanksgiving holiday, I was called off the Auburn extra board to deadhead to…
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Mind-blowing facts — New York Central passenger trains We are 50-plus years into the Amtrak era, which began on May…
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In the mid-1950s, in the waning days of steam on the New York Central, Trains Magazine Editor David P. Morgan…
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Railway Post Offices Mail moves by train In the 1830s, shortly after the establishment of the first railroads in the…
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Photo charters (not excursions) are an art form From coal to oil to electric, train photo charters are gaining momentum…
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I saw the light, but changing the light was a whole different matter — and that’s why I’m skeptical when…
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Always something different at LA’s Taylor Yard A wise man once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same…
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Southern Pacific & World War II By the 1940s, the original Transcontinental Railroad main line around the north end of…
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CSX Railroads, in particular, have grappled with that same question over the years — especially those railroads that are the…
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As the Maxon Railway car pulls away from the platform everything seems business as usual. Steel rails. Steel wheels. A…
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What was your first byline in Trains? Scott Hartley: My first Trains feature article appeared in the February 1980 issue,…
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Alco RSD15 road switcher Some locomotive models seem to come and go and hardly get noticed. Nobody can say that…
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