San Luis Central honors railroader who died working NEWSWIRE

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San Luis Central Railroad employees and managers re-named engine No. 70 after Danny Naranjo. Naranjo worked for the San Luis Central for 35 years until he collapsed and died while he was working on track in September.  Tom Tancula MONTE VISTA, Colo. — Colorado’s San Luis Central Railroad named one of its two locomotives in […]

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Ma & Pa caboose

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Maryland & Pennsylvania four-wheel caboose 2003 — a little car with a big number — whiles away the day at the Ma & Pa’s Baltimore terminal in May 1955. William E. Warden Jr. photo […]

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Iowa Pacific rescues restaurant relics in Illinois NEWSWIRE

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Jim Lesiak of Over The Top Construction & Demolition directs two large cranes as they lift the first car from the former Lincoln Depot Restaurant site in Lincoln on Tuesday. Three photos, Steve Smedley LINCOLN, Ill. – Two former Illinois Central passenger cars are on the road to restoration this week. On Tuesday, two 150-ton […]

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B&O GP9 restored to its original colors

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STAUNTON, Va. — A piece of Baltimore & Ohio locomotive history has been preserved. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad recently restored ex-B&O GP9 No. 6512 to its original blue and yellow paint scheme. The GP9 locomotive will be used on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad’s 20-mile short line between Staunton and Pleasant Valley in north […]

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Embattled Apache Railway gets breathing room NEWSWIRE

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The Apache Rail turn to Holbrook departs the BNSF Railway interchange with loads of animal feed and recycled paper to be made into newsprint at the mill in Snowflake. The Apache Railway in Arizona has a reprieve from a U.S. bankruptcy court judge to find new owners. William P. Diven A federal bankruptcy judge has […]

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