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Deal or no deal? CP offers to buy NS NEWSWIRE
Two Canadian Pacific trains, with a variety of locomotives, meet near Oconomowoc, Wis., in November 2014. Brian Schmidt NORFOLK, Va. — Canadian Pacific today officially proposed to purchase Norfolk Southern, saying the combination would create a transcontinental rail system that would both improve service and enhance competition. CP says its proposal, sent in a letter […]
Trains’ 75th anniversary gala video
Trains Magazine celebrated its 75th anniversary at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee on Nov. 14. See how Trains‘ staff, correspondents, contributors, and readers enjoyed the night in style! There’s also a photo gallery highlighting the night’s events. […]
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About Us Trains: The Magazine of Railroading is one of the world’s leading publications on railroading and trains. We specialize in articles, photos, and video about North American railroads and content on superlative international topics from a North American perspective. Kalmbach Media founder Al Kalmbach started Trains in 1940. Ever since, Trains staff have delivered […]
Milwaukee Road boxcab electrics turn 100 this month NEWSWIRE
Milwaukee Road No. 10200 on static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minn. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. — The legendary Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension saw its last trains in 1980, and the end of its electrification in 1974. But the first electric locomotives used on the “Electric Way Through the Mountains” as […]
San Luis Central honors railroader who died working NEWSWIRE
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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Cummins Tier 4 freight locomotive headed to Indiana for testing NEWSWIRE
Cummins’ test locomotive for its Tier 4 compliant QSK-95 engine is CECX No. 1919, a re-powered SD90AC. Photographers spotted the locomotive dead-in-tow on CSX Transportation’s westbound Q369 in Fostoria, Ohio. The Indiana Rail Road will host further tests on the locomotive. Dale A. DeVene Jr. WILLARD, Ohio — Despite depressing news from other locomotive makers, Cummins […]
