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Historian and author Bill Griffin Jr. dies at 71 NEWSWIRE

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – William E. Griffin Jr., 71, retired personnel director of the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac and later CSX, died Tuesday. A railroad employee for more than 30 years, Griffin was also a rail historian who wrote several books about railroads in his native Virginia and predecessors of CSX. Among the titles by Griffin […]

Early catalogues from the Baldwin Locomotive Works

Here are some additional interesting details from three early Baldwin catalogues in my collection, plus some more info about the facsimile I made of the rare and elusive 1885 Illustrated Catalogue of Narrow-Gauge Locomotives. Note: Click on any of the images to enlarge. The covers of three early catalogues from Baldwin Locomotive Works. The large […]

Early catalogues from the Baldwin Locomotive Works

Dan Ranger, author and tourist railway advocate, 1938-2015 NEWSWIRE

Dan Ranger CHAMA, N.M. — Steam locomotive expert, tourist railroad manager, and railway preservation advocate Dan Ranger died Friday at his home in Chama, N.M., He was 77. Ranger was executive director of the Tourist Railway Association Inc. in the late 1990s and 2000s, and had retired as general manager of the Cumbres & Toltec […]

The Roundhouse: Episode 26

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller brings you this single-stall edition featuring NMRA Vice President and Master Model Railroader Gerry Leone. Hal points the conversation toward Gerry’s remarkable Bona Vista HO scale layout and its various iterations that have appeared in numerous Model Railroader publications. You’ll […]

The Roundhouse: Episode 26

Milwaukee Road boxcab electrics turn 100 this month NEWSWIRE

Milwaukee Road No. 10200 on static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minn. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. — The legendary Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension saw its last trains in 1980, and the end of its electrification in 1974. But the first electric locomotives used on the “Electric Way Through the Mountains” as […]