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Locomotives

Southern Railway No. 4501 returns to steam
Aug 19, 2014

Southern Railway No. 4501 returns to steam

FULL SCREEN FULL SCREEN FULL SCREEN One of the most famous steam locomotives in America is returning to steam. Southern…

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Restoring Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309
Jun 30, 2014

Restoring Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309

FULL SCREEN FULL SCREEN FULL SCREEN J.P. Hankey Frederick Junction, Maryland FULL SCREEN J.P. Hankey Sykesville, Maryland FULL SCREEN J.P.…

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Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 photos
May 7, 2014

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 photos

FULL SCREEN Drew Halverson Hill 852, Cajon Pass – April 28, 2014 FULL SCREEN Drew Halverson Hill 852, Cajon Pass…

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Big Boy Chase PHOTOS, Day 2 through California’s Mojave Desert
Apr 30, 2014

Big Boy Chase PHOTOS, Day 2 through California’s Mojave Desert

On Tuesday, April 29, Trains’ live streaming video crew of Brian Schmidt and Drew Halverson chased Union Pacific Big Boy…

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Inside the Cab of Big Boy No. 4014
Nov 25, 2013

Inside the Cab of Big Boy No. 4014

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Historic Union Pacific Big Boy photos
Sep 25, 2013

Historic Union Pacific Big Boy photos

FULL SCREEN Jim Shaughnessy The front half of Big Boy No. 4005 forms a wall of steel above a hostler…

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Richard Steinheimer’s Cajon Pass
Sep 23, 2013

Richard Steinheimer’s Cajon Pass

Still the greatest show on earth: What’s changed on Cajon Pass since Trains magazine published Richard Steinheimer’s “Cajon Pass Revisited”…

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Video: Illinois Railway Museum’s 2013 Diesel Parade
Sep 20, 2013

Video: Illinois Railway Museum’s 2013 Diesel Parade

Only a few railroads or museums can boast of having operating cab units working on their property. Illinois Railway Museum…

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Photo Gallery: Inside Progress Rail’s New Locomotive-Building Plant
Sep 19, 2013

Photo Gallery: Inside Progress Rail’s New Locomotive-Building Plant

Locomotive Editor Greg McDonnell shows readers behind-the-scenes at Progress Rail’s Muncie, Ind., assembly plant. Muncie produces locomotives for both domestic…

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Big Boy story began in 1940
Aug 21, 2013

Big Boy story began in 1940

No. 4014 climbing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill, behind helper No. 4021, on June 25, 1949. R.H. Kindig When Union Pacific 4-8-8-4…

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Norfolk Southern heritage: then and now
Jun 27, 2012

Norfolk Southern heritage: then and now

FULL SCREEN Top, photo courtesy of Norfolk Southern Corp.; bottom, Robert Palmer photo Top: The first NS heritage unit, ES44AC…

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How Genesee & Wyoming deploys its 583 locomotives
Apr 23, 2010

How Genesee & Wyoming deploys its 583 locomotives

Genesee & Wyoming-owned St. Lawrence & Atlantic units congregate at Danville Junction, Maine, in August 2006. Matt Martin In Trains…

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