Rocky Mountaineer cancels Jasper trips ‘for forseeable future’
JASPER, Alberta — Two of tourist operator Rocky Mountaineer’s three Canadian itineraries that originate or terminate in Jasper have been…
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Buffalo Central Terminal The recent reopening of Detroit’s Michigan Central Terminal rekindled thoughts about another neglected terminal, this one resides…
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Track The radio comes alive: It’s a transmission about another engineer. We’ll call him Mike Smith. “Mike Smith, what track…
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General Electric AC6000CW The modern horsepower race between builders culminated in the 1990s with both General Electric and EMD producing…
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General Electric locomotives One year after Genesee & Wyoming’s June 2023 announcement it was buying second-hand General Electric power from…
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Glendale railroad station The former Southern Pacific railroad station at Glendale, Calif., has always hidden in plain sight as the…
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How fast ya’ going? The legendary John Luther “Casey” Jones forever linked the heroic railroad engineer with speed. He was…
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On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, Union Pacific No. 4014 departed Rock Springs, Wyo., bound for Evanston. This would be the…
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The long-awaited Albuquerque convention by the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, previously postponed due to…
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Already facing one major project — recovery from major flood damage — the Sioux City Railroad…
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Road foreman As a young engineer, age 38, I was appointed road foreman of engines on the Lehigh Valley Railroad…
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Abandoned railroads I enjoy traveling to the Hawaiian Islands. For me, it is a peaceful respite. But there is a…
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