Trains Art Director Tom Danneman takes you inside Montana Rail Link’s Livingston, Mont., shop for a typical day at the railroads’ main locomotive maintenance facility in “Backstage at Livingston” in Locomotive 2014. Talk a walk with Tom as he explores the inside of the MRL shops in this video. Order your copy of Locomotive today! Only from Trains! […]
Railroad: Short Lines/Regionals
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Tom Danneman Trains Art Director Tom Danneman takes you inside Montana Rail Link’s Livingston, Mont., shop for a typical day at the railroads’ main locomotive maintenance facility in “Backstage at Livingston” in Locomotive 2014. Explore the regional’s entire all-EMD roster here and read the intriguing story about Montana Rail Link’s shop in Locomotive 2014. Order your copy now. No. […]
Iowa Pacific launches restoration campaign for Milwaukee Road Skytop sleeper NEWSWIRE
ALAMOSA, Colo. – Iowa Pacific is seeking to restore an iconic observation sleeping car through an innovative campaign that allows donors and contributors an opportunity to enjoy services offered by the railroad. Former Milwaukee Road Skytop sleeping car Coffee Creek is being restored at the Iowa Pacific shop complex in Alamosa after arriving on the […]
Indiana Northeastern locomotive roster
Indiana Northeastern GP30s Nos. 2185 and 2230 approach the Fox Lake Road overpass at Angola, Ind. Steve Smedley Veteran photojournalist Steve Smedley documents the history and operations of shortline Indiana Northeastern, and pays tribute to the line’s hand-me-down GP30s and hard-working railroaders in “Second-generation Sojourn” in Locomotive 2014. Explore the line’s entire all-EMD roster here […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Tacoma Rail acquires two SD70ACe-P4s NEWSWIRE
Tacoma Rail No. 7001 sits outside Progress Rail’s Tacoma shop in fresh paint on Sept. 2. Steve Carter TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Rail will soon become the latest short line to operate AC locomotives when the railroad takes delivery of two EMD SD70ACe-P4s from EMD. The two locomotives, EMDX Nos. 1211 and 1212 were once […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 18 – Montana Rail Link local operations
Drew’s “Epic” Trackside Adventure now heads into Montana, home of the Montana Rail Link. Drew’s expedition guide and Trains art director Tom “Sherpa” Danneman knows this regional railroad success story like the back of his hand, so join the MRVP crew as they trace the MRL main line from Billings, Mont., to the shops and […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 18 – Montana Rail Link local operations
Drew’s “Epic” Trackside Adventure now heads into Montana, home of the Montana Rail Link. Drew’s expedition guide and Trains art director Tom “Sherpa” Danneman knows this regional railroad success story like the back of his hand, so join the MRVP crew as they trace the MRL main line from Billings, Mont., to the shops and […]
Open door policy
Pioneer Railcorp GP16 No. 1606 gets some attention from shop workers on the Napoleon, Defiance & Western at Defiance, Ohio, on June 13, 2014. The Pioneer-owned short line started service in December 2012. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Foreigner
A set of borrowed Canadian Pacific family SD40-2s heads Norfolk Southern train No. 278 east on the old Wabash main near Illiopolis, Ill., on May 22, 2014. It’s a nice spring day and the engineer has the windows open enjoying the breeze as the train heads for Decatur. Photo by Bruce Bird […]
Well-worn
New York & Atlantic Railway SW1001 No. 105 rests outside the enginehouse at Fresh Pond Yard in Queens, N.Y., on Aug. 15, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Montana Rail Link cleans up Boeing train derailment NEWSWIRE
Derailed Boeing loads line the Clark Fork River on July 4 following a derailment the previous day. Ted Curphey ALBERTON, Mont. – Montana Rail Link officials are busy this week trying to retrieve three Boeing 737 fuselages from the Clark Fork River in western Montana, four days after a derailment sent the expensive cargo into […]
New England short line
Providence & Worcester train NR-3, a weekday turn between Plainfield, Conn., and Worcester, Mass., is northbound at Wauregan, Conn., on March 20, 2014. The train has B39-8s Nos. 3906 and 3905 for power. Photo by Gerald Aubin […]
