Safety first Tethered at the waist to the car for safety, a mine employee rides a string of coal hoppers…
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Serving Chicago Chicago & North Western’s sprawling freight house at Proviso was located away from the city of Chicago, taking…
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Woman: Remember the toilet paper shortages during the pandemic? Man: Yeah, and no flex track or rolling stock at the…
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‘Seatrain Georgia’ The hull configuration of the Seatrain ships—three decks, each with four tracks (plus four tracks on the top…
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Peter Waldraff has always prioritized saving space when building a layout. His interest in this modeling niche first started…
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All through June 2021, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, grit, and grandeur that was the Central Railroad of…
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Perishable progress The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rebuilt older wood refrigerator cars with steel sides instead of buying new…
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First man: Why do you say 2020 or 2021 will never be modeled? Second man: Who’s going to want to…
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Quebec winter In February 1954, a Canadian Pacific light Pacific on a westbound local freight pants in the siding by…
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South Schenectady smoke show Delaware & Hudson 4-6-6-4 No. 1510 drifts downgrade with an eastbound freight seen from a perch…
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Solo ‘Blue Bird’ Crews change on the Norfolk & Western Blue Bird at Decatur, Ill., in 1967. The train was…
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