The people who work on trains
The people who work on trains have a variety of jobs. A Norfolk Southern flagman inspects a train near Marion,…
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Track classifications are among the most basic — and essential — operating considerations in railroading, and an army of workers…
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In 1981, I was a locomotive engineer for the Chicago & North Western Railway based out of Council Bluffs, Iowa,…
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Schnabel car One may think 89-foot auto racks are large while standing trackside, but they can be dwarfed by specialized…
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Slugs What are slugs, what do they do You’re at trackside, eyeing an approaching CSX train. The roar of working…
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Did you ever wonder how a railroad goes about building a train schedule? It’s more complex than you may think.…
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Helper locomotives Helper locomotives are an essential part of modern railroading. It is an additional locomotive (or locomotives) added to…
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Locomotive headlights and class lights Aside from required ditch lights on most locomotives today, extra lights are essentially gone from…
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Head-end power: Dinner is about to arrive at table 7 in the Southwest Chief’s Superliner dining car. Outside, the late…
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Locomotives are the power of railroading and the industries’ most potent and popular symbols. The major types that have been…
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Rockslide detectors Of the myriad things that can foul the right-of-way and potentially derail a train is the unpredictably of…
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Railroaders, and railfans, are always talking about engines: How many engines were on that train? Don’t those new engines look…
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