A to Z: Trains in movies
Trains in movies Trains in movies: Looking for a brief retreat that is fun, fairly inexpensive, and easily accessible all…
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Big Boy’s story We all know the old tried and sometimes true saying, “bigger is better.” Yes, a significantly enlarged…
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What was your first byline in Trains? Robert Scott: My first byline in Trains was in the May 2005 issue.…
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Sandfly Express Go ahead, talk about the glitzy Orient Express. Or the extended run of the Trans-Siberian Express. But what…
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The story of Mad Dog and the volcano starts on March 20, 1980. At 3:47 p.m. on that day, Mount…
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The Big Boy Men William M. Jeffers, Union Pacific Railroad president, and Otto Jabelmann, vice president — research and mechanical…
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Saluda Grade The famous Saluda Grade in western North Carolina has seen its last train. Railbanked in December 2001, nature…
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When the Amtrak car inspector standing in the doorway of one of Bennett Levin’s majestically restored EMD E8 locomotives asked…
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Women in railroading Research deflates the idea that a woman’s place was in the home in the 19th century. In…
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The rainbow fleet — on May 1, 1971, the passenger train at the station was Amtrak, but it sure didn’t…
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What was your first byline in Trains? Brian Solomon: My first photo appeared 1984; this was a black & white…
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Abandoned routes It can be disheartening to study a railroad atlas and come across abandoned routes. Nobody wants to realize…
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