The Wheeling traces its history back to April 6, 1871. It reinvented itself on May 18, 1990. The pdf below shows all of its predecessor railroads. To read more about the Wheeling & Lake Erie, see July 2008 Trains, which hits the newsstands on June 10, 2008! […]
Magazine: Trains Magazine
Model Railroader, May 2008
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Trains, May 2008
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Model Railroader, April 2008
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Trains, April 2008
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Preservationist George Hart dies NEWSWIRE
George M. Hart Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania LEHIGHTON, Pa. – Legendary Pennsylvania railroad preservationist George Hart, who died Thursday in Lehighton at age 89, will remembered for his work with Reading’s steam fantrips, as the first director of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, and as the indefatigable operator of Rail Tours Inc. excursions. He was […]
Model Railroader, March 2008
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Trains, March 2008
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Abandoned rail tunnel for sale NEWSWIRE
PLUMMER, Idaho – A tunnel that used to host Milwaukee Road freights bound for the Puget Sound area is for sale for $650,000, the Associated Press reported. The tunnel has sat vacant since Milwaukee shut down its transcontinental freight line in 1980. “We think it’s time for someone else to own it,” said Don Parker, […]
Lake Central Rail Tours ends Michigan operations NEWSWIRE
HAMMOND, Ind. – Lake Central Rail Tours, which operated excursion trains on Michigan’s Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway and successor Great Lakes Central Railroad, is canceling 2008 operations, citing rising insurance and fuel costs as the reasons. Great Lakes will continue to occasionally operate Northern Arrow Excursions to Petoskey, Mich., in cooperation with Cincinnati Railway […]
Model Railroader, February 2008
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Trains, February 2008
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