A pair of Iowa Pacific E units rolls west with an excursion train in tow on Wisconsin & Southern’s Prairie Subdivision near Muscoda, Wis., on June 21, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause […]
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Railroad: Short Lines/Regionals
A look back on the recent history of the ‘Hook and Eye’ line NEWSWIRE
Kennesaw Mountain looms in the distance as Georgia Northeastern Nos. 6576, 9706 and 7562 — locomotives that are former Baltimore & Ohio GP9, Penn Central GP38, and Pennsylvania GP9, respectively — switch the Georgia Northeastern lead on the CSX Transportation bridge over Tower Road in Marietta, Ga. Courtesy: Patriot Rail ATLANTA — A torch is […]
A new short line to savor NEWSWIRE
A Puget Sound & Pacific locomotive working for the recently created Olympia & Belmore Railroad in and around Olympia, Wash. Miguel Guzman OLYMPIA, Wash. — Make way for the Pacific Northwest’s newest short line: the Olympia & Belmore. The new operation was possible after G&W signed a lease agreement with BNSF Railway to operate the […]
R.J. Corman’s ‘new’ Baldwin NEWSWIRE
Former Texas South-Eastern No. 301 in R.J. Corman colors in Diboll, Texas, on Monday, April 4. Mike Harbour Texas’ Mike Harbour heard rumors that R.J. Corman was about to do a nice thing for a member of an older generation. Turns out, he heard right and arranged to meet up with a vintage Baldwin formerly […]
Retail railroading
In a scene far removed from today’s unit and intermodal trains, a small boy watches as a shipment is loaded aboard the Union Transportation Co.’s daily train at New Egypt, N.J., in September 1958. The short line used locomotives and cabin cars leased from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Aaron G. Fryer photo […]
Out of town
Arizona & California’s train from Parker, Ariz., arrives in Cadiz, Calif., on June 19, 2013. The train will be interchanged with BNSF Railway there. Photo by Grady McKinley […]
Sunshine State
Florida East Coast train No. 226 crosses the San Sebastian River in St. Augustine, Fla., on Sept. 1, 2013. Photo by Grady McKinley […]
County landmark
A westbound Napoleon, Defiance & Western train passes the elevator in Antwerp, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 2014. With a modern unit train facility in the region, the elevator doesn’t have much use for the railroad anymore here. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
The next generation
Two kids watch the passing of a Napoleon, Defiance & Western train in Napoleon, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Providence & Worcester Railroad’s history
In Trains’ April special on short lines and regionals, author Scott A. Hartley brings us up to date on where Providence & Worcester Railroad is today. The now 516-mile system in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York has a rich history, which Hartley also wrote about it in the June 1994 issue. Click the […]
Jointed rail
An Iowa Pacific excursion makes its way toward Muscoda, Wis., along the jointed rail of Wisconsin & Southern’s Prairie Subdivision on June 21, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause […]
RJ Corman looking to build new housing for QJ steam engine NEWSWIRE
RJ Corman QJ 2-10-2 No. 2008 Kevin Gilliam MIDWAY, Ky. — R.J. Corman Railroad Group’s Chinese QJ-class 2-10-2 No. 2008 may soon change locations. The locomotive last operated in 2013, and since then has been inside a glass-walled structure the railroad built in 2012 to house it in Lexington. The complex was part of the […]
