Reading & Northern buys Penn Valley passenger cars (updated)
SUNBURY, Pa. — After 27 years of running holiday passenger trains, fund-raising excursions, and shipper specials, owner Jeff Pontius of…
Read moreSUNBURY, Pa. — After 27 years of running holiday passenger trains, fund-raising excursions, and shipper specials, owner Jeff Pontius of…
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PENINSULA, Ohio — Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 will return to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for six days…
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Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Smoking is a habit that’s never appealed to me. No smoking for me. During my time…
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UNION, Ill. — The Illinois Railway Museum is currently auctioning off surplus items ranging from a former Chicago & North…
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BIG STONE GAP, Va. – A three-week exhibition of railroad watercolors and photographs by author and Trains contributor Ron Flanary…
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PORT CLINTON, PA. — Almost 340,000 riders took part in Reading & Northern excursions in 2024, surpassing the previous mark…
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SOUDERTON, Pa. — Norfolk Southern has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society Inc. for its…
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Office cars Prior to Amtrak, railroads had coupled company owned business and office cars to the rear of passenger trains…
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Bitten by the steam bug at an early age, Mitchell Johnson will seize any opportunity to go where operating steam…
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Rotary snowplow I missed my fair share of calls in my railroad career, but I only remember one with a…
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California’s high-speed rail Rod Diridon Sr., 85, a crusader for high speed rail, grew up in the small Northern…
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. — The Royal Gorge Chamber Alliance has purchased the former Denver & Rio Grande Western depot in…
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