Belt Railway of Chicago locomotives
Belt Railway of Chicago locomotives: I recently photographed an ex-Belt Railway of Chiacgo Alco in, of all places, Olean, N.Y.,…
Read moreBelt Railway of Chicago locomotives: I recently photographed an ex-Belt Railway of Chiacgo Alco in, of all places, Olean, N.Y.,…
Read moreCowl locomotives: Six-axle cowl locomotives purchased for freight service have been rostered continuously on Class I railroads since Santa Fe…
Read moreRepowering locomotives is essential for a railroad to meet its needs. This is installment, number three, on our quest to…
Read moreSix axle comfort cabs on shortlines: Comfort cabs took North America by storm in the late 1980s with the introduction…
Read moreChanging a locomotive headlight: Everything we do on the railroad is guided by FRA standards and practices. According to the…
Read moreDiesels with trolley poles: Interurban railways usually had some form of freight traffic supplementing their passenger business, but almost none…
Read moreReading T-1 4-8-4 2102 is a steam locomotive of the Reading Company T-1 class locomotives built by the Reading in…
Read more44-ton locomotives in North America: There was a time in North American transportation where railroads were the king of moving…
Read moreMy first road-switcher cab ride started with the wub, wub, wub, wub, wub sound of the engine at the Illinois…
Read more2022 steam locomotive list spring update: It’s time for the active steam list update. Since we debuted the list last…
Read moreIntroducing The Empress Canadian Pacific 2816 The Empress: Canadian Pacific President and CEO Rob Ritchie set the steam preservation world…
Read more9 oddball diesel locomotives: Just when we think we understand the rationale behind particular railroad locomotive fleets, they like to…
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