Big Boy Hot Spot: Dexter, Mo.
BIG BOY HOT SPOT Location If you’re for Union Pacific Big Boy Hot Spot this summer, don’t miss the Dexter,…
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BIG BOY HOT SPOT Location If you’re for Union Pacific Big Boy Hot Spot this summer, don’t miss the Dexter,…
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PORT CLINTON, Pa. — The Reading & Northern Railroad has purchased 11 passenger cars from the fleet formerly owned by…
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Mergers or acquisitions of two or more railroads always bring a blending of motive power rosters. Kansas City Southern, like…
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Introduction to the Matteson, Illinois, railfan hotspot Matteson’s status as a truly significant railroad junction dates only to October…
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CUMBERLAND, Md. — As tourist railroads and museums emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, they are offering new experiences to attract…
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ALTOONA, Pa. — Pennsylvania Railroad Class K4s 4-6-2 steam passenger locomotive No. 1361 will be restored to operating condition under…
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You have to be tough to survive the railroad. Just look at any train crew, mechanic, or switchman. Just…
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One in an occasional series on Senior Editor David Lassen’s favorite Chicago-area railfan locations Railfanning LaFox, Illinois Well west…
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General Electric’s 4,400 hp C44-9Ws were, by far, the most popular D.C. traction locomotives the company every produced, with almost…
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I was hired as a yard clerk for the Southern Pacific in San Jose, Calif., in April 1960. On…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — By railfan standards this two-axle, metal-framed, wooden rail freight wagon is an interesting, vintage piece of…
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Trains Senior Editor David Lassen spends much of his free time in the Chicago area. This is the first in…
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