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This line of numbers and letters is a rail brand. Deciphered correctly, they show railroads the weight, maker, treatment, design, and manufacture date of a rail. Ed Funkhouser Q I saw these numbers and letters on the side of a rail near Mebane, N.C. Can you tell me what they mean? – Ed Funkhouser, Raleigh, […]
Brandon, S.D. Google Maps BRANDON, S.D. — Residents of Brandon got a rude awakening this month when officials with the Ellis & Eastern Railroad said they would rebuild the railroad’s tracks through the community. The line had not been operational since 1994. Ellis & Eastern wants to rebuild the track between Brandon and Manley, Minn., […]
Train Festival 2009 brought together some of the best U.S. steam in central Michigan for an unforgettable weekend of railroading. You’ll see locomotives big and small, from saddletank switchers all the way up to the famed Daylight 4-8-4 No. 4449. Be sure to look for our special issue, Big Steam is Back, available now, along […]
Incoming Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson Delta Air Lines WASHINGTON — Although incoming Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson made a name for himself in the airline industry, he comes from a railroad family. His father, Hale, was an office worker for the Santa Fe in his native Texas. The family followed railroad work from Galveston to Dallas […]
Portions of an Indiana Rail Road map show the short line (in red) and CSX Transportation line (in blue.) Indiana Rail Road officials say they’d like to abandon their rights to operate over tracks between Bedford and New Albany, Ind. Indiana Rail Road website INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Rail Road has petitioned the Surface Transportation […]
C&O EMD SD40 No. 7534 outside of CSX’s Huntington locomotive shops after being repainted in late May and early June. Joseph M. Rosenthal CLIFTON FORGE, Va. — CSX Transportation is in the process of moving Chesapeake & Ohio EMD SD40 No. 7534 from Huntington, W.Va., to its new home at the C&O Heritage Center in […]
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Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 is seen at the North Carolina Transportation Museum prior to its departure for Roanoke in May 2015. Officials with the Virginia Museum of Transportation say they’d like to work with Amtrak to take the locomotive on excursions on passenger routes in the East. David J. Stewart ROANOKE, Va. — […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific moved an historic 4-4-0 locomotive over the weekend from downtown Calgary to its corporate headquarters on the southeast edge of the city. Locomotive No. 29 had been on display outside its corporate headquarters at Gulf Canada Square in downtown Calgary since the 1990s. In 2012, the railroad moved its offices out […]
If you enjoyed the first episode of Taking Care of Business featuring Morristown & Erie Railway crews, just wait ’til you see the second! In this exclusive, contributing editor Charlie Conway continues capturing real railroad operation, and its challenges, as work proceeds throughout a day on the rails! […]
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The Bucyrus Railcar team in August 2016. Brian Schmidt BUCYRUS, Ohio – Bucyrus Railcar Repair LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathcart Rail Holdings, has expanded its flagship Bucyrus repair facility by acquiring the adjacent facility and assets of the former American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co. American & Ohio recently relocated operations to Duluth, Minn., […]
