Work on track and 4-6-2 ramps up at Abilene & Smoky Valley (updated)
ABILENE, Kan. — The operating season is ramping up for the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad. The same is true…
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WOODSTOWN, N.J. — The Woodstown Central Railroad will see another expansion to its excursion fleet, this time in the form…
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STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road wasted no time unleashing its workhorse, 2-10-0 No. 90 back onto the tourist…
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Recently, I began teaching a series of classes at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania titled Railroad Photography 101. I cover…
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WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Reading Co. T-1 No. 2100 is nearing the finish line of its restoration at the…
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This full-page ad from roller bearing manufacturer Timken appeared 75 years ago in the May 1950 issue of Trains Magazine.…
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Although replaced in recent years by roller bearings, friction bearings (also called solid bearings or plain bearings) were a railroad…
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Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864,…
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The Fertilizer Route, more formally The Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad, featured 75 years ago in Trains Magazine was,…
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The rapid expansion of America’s railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group…
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When the opportunity arose for Lauren Osier to begin her rail preservation journey at the 3-foot gauged Midwest Central Railroad…
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CORINTH, N.Y. — The Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway, the heritage railway located on the former Delaware & Hudson Adirondack…
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