Canadian National SD70M-2 No. 8000 drifts under the Union Pacific’s Adams Subdivision as it comes through Sussex, Wis., on Feb. 16, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause […]
Class unit
Rock Island lives on in restored GP7 No. 1275 NEWSWIRE
No. 1275 at NRE in Silvis, Ill. ELDON, Iowa – The Eldon Depot Museum has brought back a piece of the “Rock” with the renumbering and repainting of a GP7 in Rock Island colors. Members of the museum recalled working with Rock Island GP7 1275, which was well liked by engineers. To honor the unit, […]
First CSX Tier 4 ET44AC starts mainline testing NEWSWIRE
No. 3251 in transit on Monday. James D. Moore ERWIN, Tenn. – After leaving General Electric’s production plant in Erie, Pa., last week, CSX Transportation’s first Tier 4 compliant ET44AC is now en route to the railroad’s Erwin yard. CSX ET44AH No. 3251 was trailing on mixed freight CSX Q696 near Johnson City, Tenn., on […]
Speedway to sunshine
Northbound Florida East Coast train No. 226 rockets through the Florida countryside on its journey to Jacksonville on Jan. 12, 2015. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Trains, August 2015
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Illinois museum acquires well-traveled electric locomotive from New England NEWSWIRE
Conrail E33 No. 4601 rests at the Railroad Museum of New England’s yard on April 9, 1988, after arriving from GE’s Erie, Pa., facility. The hole behind cab is where the main transformer was removed by GE. Howard Pincus OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. – The Illinois Railway Museum will acquire a piece of railroad history from […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 26 – Mississippi River Rambler
Host Drew Halverson finds a way to escape the office for early spring and summer road trips to the banks of Big Muddy, the mighty Mississippi River! Drew and pal Tom “Sawyer” Danneman make the most of their one-day railfan outings, plus they even share a sneak peek of an amazing river-running HO scale layout […]
N&W 611, past and present
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Orange machine
Commonwealth Railway CF7 No. 517 works the APM Terminals yard in Portsmouth, Va., on July 19, 2008. Photo by Grady McKinley […]
CSX recognizes railroad heritage with predecessor emblems on locomotives NEWSWIRE
GE AC44CW No. 256 displays the Seaboard Coast Line logo ahead of the cab. Curtis Brown JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation will recognize its rich history with commemorative predecessor logos applied to locomotives beginning this year. Last week, photos from the railroad’s Waycross, Ga., locomotive shops showed freshly painted GE AC44CW No. 256 displaying a […]
G&W to buy Claremont Concord Railroad NEWSWIRE
Claremont & Concord workers clear switches at Claremont Junction in March 2008. Thomas Mik CLAREMONT, N.H. – One of New England’s independent shortline railroads is about to become part of the Genesee & Wyoming empire. G&W subsidiary New England Central filed notice with the Surface Transportation Board last week that it had reached an agreement […]
Through the Rockies
Led by SD40-2 No. 5810, a Canadian Pacific freight rolls west at Glacier, B.C., on June 14, 1988. Photo by David Lassen […]
