FULL SCREEN Jack Ferry collection For a decade, the cover of the Illinois Central system timetable carried illustrations of the Chicago lakefront. All purported to show the view from the top of Great Central Station, which burned in the Great Fire of 1871. The depot’s arched train shed, however, was never rebuilt. FULL SCREEN Detroit […]
Train Topic: History
Trains Top stories for 2018: No. 5, Bush funeral train NEWSWIRE
President Bush’s body is loaded aboard the train for the trip to College Station. Sol Tucker HOUSTON – The U.S. rail industry shined in the bright lights of the public eye in a way not seen in almost 50 years on Dec. 6, as a special Union Pacific passenger train carried the remains of former […]
Trains Top stories for 2018: No. 10, Giants of RAIL PHOTOGRAPHY pass on NEWSWIRE
Jim Shaughnessy MADISON, Wis. – They were innovators in a medium that resisted change. One captured the change from steam to diesel then kept right on going, the other offered a new vision in the emerging diesel era. They were Jim Shaughnessy and John Gruber, giants of railroad photography who we lost in 2018. Jim […]
Locomotive, car from Bush funeral train on display in Omaha NEWSWIRE
A crowd gathers near Spring, Texas, to watch the passing of President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train on Dec. 6, 2018. The locomotive and car that carried the president’s remains are now on display in Omaha. Matthew Holman OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is placing the locomotive that led President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train, […]
Bush Funeral Train departs Spring, Texas NEWSWIRE
Bush’s casket on board UP’s Council Bluffs passenger car. CNN screen capture Presidential seal on rear of UP office car Kenefick. CNN screen capture UP No. 4141 waits to depart Spring, Texas. CNN screen capture SPRING, Texas — Capping days of services and events marking the passing of the 41st President of the United States, […]
Funeral Train completes Bush’s final mission NEWSWIRE
Crowds greet the George H.W. Bush funeral train in Navasota, Texas, on its journey Thursday from Spring, Texas, to College Station. Bush was buried alongside his wife and daughter Thursday at his presidential library on the campus of Texas A&M in College Station. Zach Pumphery In Spring, Texas, the casket of President George H.W. Bush […]
Here’s how to see the Bush funeral train NEWSWIRE
UP 4141 will lead the Bush funeral train. Steve Schmollinger COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Bush funeral train will be difficult but worthwhile to see. On Thursday Dec. 6, the remains of President George H. W. Bush will be transported by train from Spring, Texas, to their final resting place at the George Bush Presidential […]
Video: A look at Al’s model trains
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In 2019 Model Railroader magazine marks its 85th anniversary. To help celebrate, editor Hal Miller provides you with this look at two locomotives that ran on the model train layout of Model Railroader‘s founder Al Kalmbach. Hal will give you some insight into […]
Video: A look at Al’s model trains
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In 2019 Model Railroader magazine marks its 85th anniversary. To help celebrate, editor Hal Miller provides you with this look at two locomotives that ran on the model train layout of Model Railroader‘s founder Al Kalmbach. Hal will give you some insight into […]
Presidents that travel by train
U.S. Presidents have traveled by train almost as long as there have been rails on the continent. Learn more with these two downloadable PDFs looking back at the relationship between Richard Nixon and the railroads and George H.W. Bush’s 1992 campaign train. […]
Bush funeral train attracting media attention NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific No. 4141, the George H.W. Bush unit, leads a southbound train through Fort Worth, Texas, on July 4, 2008. The locomotive will lead Thursday’s funeral train for former President Bush. Steve Schmollinger The funeral train for President George H.W. Bush is a rare moment when railroads and railroading are in the general media […]
Bush Funeral Train schedule set NEWSWIRE
UP veterans unit No. 1943 hustles the Bush funeral train consist southward toward Houston on Sunday. Zach Pumphery COLLEGE STATION, Texas — George H.W. Bush, the last president who served in World War II, will make his final journey Thursday — by train. Union Pacific says the special Bush Funeral Train will run from its […]
