FULL SCREEN Fred Springer George Springer, the photographer’s father, leans out the window of Rio Grande Southern’s Gallloping Goose No. 4 on the lower curved trestle of the Ophir Loop. The high trestle is in the background. The railroad had 142 bridges and trestles between Ridgway and Durango. FULL SCREEN Fred Springer Galloping Geese, Nos. […]
VICTORIA, B.C. — Contract crews this week removed a short but important stretch of track that had enabled VIA Rail Canada’s Malahat to serve downtown Victoria directly. The service is currently shut down, its future uncertain. If it does return, the train will have to call at a station on the city’s west side where […]
NORFOLK, Va. — To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Norfolk & Western/Southern merger in 1982, Norfolk Southern plans to honor many of the railroads that make up the present day NS system. As Union Pacific did a half-decade ago, NS plans to create a fleet of heritage locomotives, though NS’s plans are bigger: 18 […]
MADISON, Wis. — Later this month, High Iron Travel will host three dining excursions, called “Dining with Pullman” from Chicago Union Station on Feb. 17-19. The five-car train will make two dinner and one brunch trip between Chicago and Sturtevant, Wis., on Canadian Pacific’s Chicago-Milwaukee main line. The power is expected to be E8 No. 6070 in […]
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Tyler Dzierzek OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific revealed that 2011 was the most profitable year in the company’s history as it shared its carloads, revenue, and profit data for the year’s fourth quarter today. Total traffic volumes rose 3 percent, but freight revenue grew 15 percent, hinting the railroad has been commanding higher rates. UP’s strongest volume […]
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Colorado & Southern narrow gauge 2-8-0s Nos. 70 and 73 cross the high bridge on the Georgetown Loop with seven cars. The engines are moving at only 5 mph due to the frail nature of the bridge on May 14, 1938. Photo by R. H. Kindig […]
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Kansas City Southern’s crack passenger train, the “Southern Belle,” ran head on into a standing freight train at Baton Rouge, La., on Dec. 8, 1967. A northbound freight with three GP30s was set to hold the main, and await the passenger train, which would take the siding. The front end brakeman on the freight was […]
The lead F-unit of six pulling a westbound Baltimore & Ohio Time Saver train eases along in front of the Cumberland, Md., station on a July 1956 day. The train is bound for points west via Grafton, W.Va. Read more about Cumberland, the shop, and the B&O in the March 2012 issue of Trains. Photo […]
Iron ore is an important commodity that is best hauled by boat or by rail. TRAINS coverage of iron ore haulage spans more than 50 years. In this month’s Trains Express PDF package, you’ll learn about the classic Minnesota mover, go inside steel mill railroads, and see the locations of steel mills, mini-mills, pellet plants, […]
