Cabooses, not cabeese
Volunteers at the Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, Ind., prepare a string of cabooses (not cabeese) for an excursion in…
Read moreVolunteers at the Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, Ind., prepare a string of cabooses (not cabeese) for an excursion in…
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On Sept. 26, 2013, Montana Rail Link’s eastbound Gas Local passes a westbound BNSF coal train in Plains, Mont., bound…
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This special series offers an overview of intercity and passenger railroading in North America. Our free, 30-page PDF download includes…
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Ten hoppers coupled to the Big Boy consist in January 2014 were used for additional braking power. Steve Sweeney Q…
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Scale test cars are used to calibrate in-track scales that weigh freight cars. The car shown above was built in…
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On Sept. 25, 2007, a Montana Rail Link local in Livingston, Mont., heads onto an old branch line that once…
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The manufacture and maintenance of rail is as old as railroading — and so are broken rails. Though today’s rail…
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Hydraulic flange greasers are activated when a wheel rolls over an actuator, as shown on CSX’s Indianapolis Line Subdivision. Two…
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A Montana Rail Link local with a GP35 running backward (long hood forward) rolls along the Jefferson River west of…
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Spikes are part of a system that keeps rails in service. Redundant numbers of spikes are present in most tracks.…
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A Canadian National worker moves a car using a pole on the pilot of CN No. 6310 in 1958. Gordon…
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Amtrak’s ‘Three Rivers’ passes through Deshler, Ohio, in January 2003. Brian Schmidt Q While watching a DVD recently, I noticed…
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