FULL SCREEN Bob Johnston A 120-car BNSF empty coal train slinks west through a 30-mph speed restriction 10 miles east of Syracuse, Kan., on July 13. Once a raceway for the Super Chief and other streamliners, the Kansas portion of the line was downgraded under the current operating contract to 60 mph maximum passenger speeds […]
Magazine: Trains Magazine
Beer, cheese, and paper
Canadian National local freight L518 heads north into Fond du Lac, Wis., with a train of empty paper boxcars from Quad Graphics in Lomira on Aug. 4, 2012. Photo by Craig Williams […]
Southern Railway No. 4501 returns to steam
FULL SCREEN FULL SCREEN FULL SCREEN One of the most famous steam locomotives in America is returning to steam. Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 has emerged from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Soule Shops after an extensive overhaul. The 1911 Baldwin Mikado is ready for a new career on the point of Norfolk Southern 21st Century […]
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 17 – Powder River Basin, Wyoming
And so the epic Drew’s Trackside Adventure to Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota begins! After drawing up plans for this three-state railfan trip, Drew and Trains art director Tom Danneman hit the road for their first stop in Wyoming coal country. MRVP cameras are there as BNSF and Union Pacific coal traffic keeps the rails of the […]
Sign of the times
A southbound intermodal passes Redding, Calif., in March 2010 with SD70M No. 4239 in the lead. Photo by John Roskoski […]
Crowd funding sought for second season of ‘Have Steam Engine, Will Travel’ NEWSWIRE
Flagg Coal No. 75, owned by the Gramlings. Ralcon Wagner FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Producers of the television show “Have Steam Engine, Will Travel,” which chronicles the exploits of Indiana’s Gramling Locomotive Works and its traveling steam locomotives, are seeking funding for a second season through the Internet. Up in the Air Productions has turned […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: With Big Boy in the house, UP steam crew turns to No. 844 and the shop NEWSWIRE
The view from inside the Cheyenne steam shop that has not been seen in two decades. Union Pacific CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Three months after completing the monumental task of moving 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 to its new home in Wyoming, the Union Pacific steam crew is spending the summer of 2014 preparing never-retired 4-8-4 […]
Urban jungle
Eastbound CSX train Q216 rolls over the state Route 12 underpass on the east side of Fostoria, Ohio, on May 6, 2014. The track is former Chesapeake & Ohio. Photo by Dale A. DeVene Jr. […]
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 […]
Rolling heritage
Many paint schemes are on display on Canadian Pacific at Drake, N.D., in September 2010. Photo by Mark Jackson […]
Backwaters
BNSF Railway C44-9W No. 4956 leads an intermodal train east along the Mississippi River near Galena Junction, Ill., on Oct. 16, 2010. Photo by Steve Bauer […]
