Eastbound Providence & Worcester train NH-1 with B39-8 No. 3909 and B30-7A No. 3007 waits in the siding at Triebel interlocking at Guilford, Conn., for an eastbound Amtrak train to get by on June 15, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]
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Railroad: Short Lines/Regionals
New short line railroad begins operations in North Carolina NEWSWIRE
The Kinston & Snow Hill’s first run on Sep. 1 featured a light engine move with ex- L&C SW900 No. 90 Ward C. Sutton KINSTON, N.C. — A new short line railroad is up and running in the Tarheel state. The Gulf & Ohio Railways has added the Kinston & Snow Hill Railroad to its […]
Relics
A westbound Napoleon, Defiance & Western train crosses a short trestle over a country road near Antwerp, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Trains Presents: Piedmont & Northern
Join Trains on a rare trip through the South along the route of the Piedmont & Northern. Only from Trains! […]
Trains Presents: Piedmont & Northern
Join Trains on a rare trip through the South along the route of the Piedmont & Northern. Only from Trains! […]
UPDATE: Genesee & Wyoming to buy Providence & Worcester NEWSWIRE
A Providence & Worcester aggregate train seen at Reeds Gap, Conn. Scott A. Hartley WORCESTER, Mass. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced Monday that it would buy the Providence & Worcester for $126 million later this year. The P&W owns more than 163 miles of track in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and has operating […]
Lancaster & Chester receives new six-axle power NEWSWIRE
A new mother-slug combination arrives at South Carolina’s Lancaster & Chester Railroad recently. David B. Clarke New power recently arrived on the Lancaster & Chester in Chester, S.C., with fresh blue paint. The mother-slug combination is the first six-axle power the railroad has ever received, with the mother being the SD40T-2 (ex-Union Pacific No. 8802, […]
Trains Presents: Montana Rail Link
Trains Presents takes you to the marvelous Montana Rail Link in its latest installment! Check out the heavy mainline action, see the railroad’s all-EMD roster, enjoy run-through trains from BNSF Railway, and find out just what is a “Gas Local!” And be sure to check out the Trains‘ Montana Rail Link photo diesel roster and […]
Trains Presents: Montana Rail Link
Trains Presents takes you to the marvelous Montana Rail Link in its latest installment! Check out the heavy mainline action, see the railroad’s all-EMD roster, enjoy run-through trains from BNSF Railway, and find out just what is a “Gas Local!” And be sure to check out the Trains‘ Montana Rail Link photo diesel roster and […]
Sale of FEC car 90 offers the chance to live like a railroad tycoon NEWSWIRE
Henry M. Flagler’s personal business car on the Florida East Coast, No. 90, is now up for sale. Ozark Mountain Railcar website NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — If you want to live like a railroad tycoon, at least a little, you’d be hard pressed to do any better than own the private railroad car of one of […]
Short line, short train
Pioneer Railcorp GP16 No. 1603 leads a westbound Napoleon, Defiance & Western train at Antwerp, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 2014, with just seven cars in tow. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Broadside steam
Former Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad passes under the BNSF Railway “Race Track” at LaGrange, Ill., on June 10, 2016, en route to the 2016 Franklin Park Railroad Days. Photo by Benjamin J. Muciek […]
