Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 on display at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, Calif., in December 2012. David Lustig Through the 1940s and 1950s, Union Pacific’s 25 4-8-8-4 Big Boys symbolized powerful, big-time railroading in the wide-open American West. Now, Union Pacific is bringing one of these legendary locomotives, No. 4014, […]
No. 4014 climbing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill, behind helper No. 4021, on June 25, 1949. R.H. Kindig When Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 takes to the rails again following restoration by Union Pacific, admirers of the huge machine would do well to remember two names: Otto Jabelmann and William Jeffers. It was Jeffers who, […]
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ABILENE, Kan. – A $500,000 grant from the federal government to repair a bridge on the Abilene & Smoky Valley tourist railroad has been rejected and returned to the government. The grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation was requested by the Dickinson County Commission to repair the railroad’s bridge across the Smoky Hill River. […]
Drew is off on a summer railfan road trip, this time to Alma and Trempealeau, Wis., along the Mississippi River. In this episode, Drew shares a lot of great shots of BNSF Railway trains, gives you a few camera tips, and looks at a couple of things you may want to add to your model […]
This hot eastbound BNSF Railway “Z train” is seen near Bucklin, Mo., on July 28, 2013. The searchlight signals are a hallmark of the former Santa Fe route. Photo by Russell J. Lyon […]
FULL SCREEN David Plowden Milwuakee Road right-of-way, Waterloo, Wis., 1980 FULL SCREEN Aviva Gellman Wisconsin & Southern right-of-way, Waterloo, Wis., 2013 FULL SCREEN Aviva Gellman Wisconsin & Southern tracks and switches. FULL SCREEN Aviva Gellman Detail of warehouse in Waterloo, Wis., built after 1980, that replaced an older structure in Plowden’s original photo. FULL SCREEN […]
Shay No. 4 of the Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat and Bald Knob Scenic Railroad backs between switchbacks on the railroad in transition from logging railroad to tourist line. Today this is the Cass Scenic Railroad, and it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2013. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 […]
With Cass Shay No. 4 lettered for the scrapper that was dismantling the railroad, a governor’s special visits the wye located at Camp One on Bald Knob on April 23, 1961. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by John P. Killoran […]
No. 4014 at Pomona David Lustig OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific confirms today it will purchase and restore a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive. The railroad has reached an agreement with the Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, Calif., to transfer ownership of No. 4014 back to Union Pacific. The […]
It’s not often you get to see railroad history in the making, but these video clips of Norfolk Southern intermodal trains in the Blue Ridge Mountains show just that. You’ll be watching trains 201 and 202, which started running in January of 2013 between Memphis and the Northeast on the Crescent Corridor. This new corridor […]
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