Page 100 – Trains

Louisville & Nashville’s ‘Dixie Flagler’ at speed

Louisville and Nashville Railroad 4-6-2 in Louisville

Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 No. 277, streamlined in 1940 for the new Dixie Flagler, powers through Louisville’s Crescent Hill neighborhood with train 8 for Cincinnati in 1949. Charles B. Castner photo […]

Freight in Glenwood Canyon

Four F7s and a GP9 are reflected in the Colorado River as they roll a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight east through Glenwood Canyon in October 1960. George G. Speir photo […]

CV Mountain type

Boys young and old walk up to look at Central Vermont 4-8-2 601 at White River Junction, Vt., in the 1940s. Classic Trains coll. […]

Continental Divide

Five black-and-gold Northern Pacific F units lift a freight up the west slope of the Continental Divide at Elliston, Mont., in the 1950s. The NP relied on F units for both freight and passenger service. R. V. Nixon photo […]

General Electric passenger U-boats — Diesels that didn’t

Three red-and-silver diesel locomotives pull a passenger train through an urban canyon

The General Electric passenger U-boats filled a niche in the 1960’s locomotive market. Santa Fe, like many Class I railroads at the time, was still proud of its passenger service. But its roster of suitable diesel locomotives was getting old and any thought of Amtrak was still years away. Keeping its aging fleet of silver […]

Amtrak America’s Railroad book review

Amtrak America’s Railroad records the many trials of keeping America’s railroad passenger service on track, and there were and still remain many. The chapters offer coverage of “What We Had,” “Creating a New National Network,” “Where Do We Go From Here?” and “The Road to the Future.” The authors have dug deep to record input […]

Burlington 40-foot stock cars

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Burlington Route

A Burlington Route local spots a pair of stock cars at a Wyoming stock pen in 1955. The 40-foot cars were typical of modern 1950s cars, with steel underframes, ends, and roofs. The single-deck cars were built in 1949 at the railroad’s Havelock shops. William A. Akin photo […]

Southern Pacific history remembered

Black, silver and orange streamlined diesel locomotives beside wooden boxcars

Southern Pacific history is made up of many little stories. Each for one of its many distinct mainline routes. Until the supermergers of recent decades, Southern Pacific was one of the largest railroads in the U. S., ranking third behind Pennsylvania and New York Central in operating revenue and second behind Santa Fe in route mileage. […]