Cody’s Trackside Finds
Independent Locomotive Service (ILSX) and KBN Inc. became co-owners of my hometown railroad, the Minnesota Northern (MNN), in August 2000.…
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Independent Locomotive Service (ILSX) and KBN Inc. became co-owners of my hometown railroad, the Minnesota Northern (MNN), in August 2000.…
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Shortline savior North Carolina’s Laurinburg & Southern was a GE 70-tonner bastion in the Southeast. A pair works Dixie Guano…
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Man at work Baltimore & Ohio Dispatcher Carl Donald makes an entry on his trainsheet in DR Tower in Deshler,…
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Welcome to the final installment in our three-part series “Modeling from postcards.” This time, we’ll take a look at cards…
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Ice reefer innovation Attaching a portable precooling motor (right) with a belt to the shaft extension on the generator enabled…
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The Illinois Central Railroad is Classic Trains editors’ Railroad of the Month for July 2021. Please enjoy this photo…
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Getting grain to market A truck dumps its load of wheat through the floor grate into the bin at an…
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Great Lakes outpost Chesapeake & Ohio SW9 No. 5251 idles by the carferry City of Midland 41 in Milwaukee in…
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In last month’s installment, we took a look at two postcards that showed aerial views of Crookston, Minn., my hometown.…
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