Some men go to war for their country. Others build railroads. In both ventures, there is sacrifice, struggle, and honor. The driving of the Canadian Pacific’s final spike at Craigellachie, B.C., in 1885 marked a defining moment in Canada’s transformation from a vast swath of land into a nation — a political and economic engine […]
CSX train Q509 joins the east-west main line in Deshler while train Q365 prepares to depart for Cincinnati in the distance. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Pacific 2119 leads Northern Pacific train 288 east in Silver Bow Canyon, a dozen miles west of Butte, Mont., in the late 1940s. Linn H. Westcott photo […]
New York Central class J-1e 4-6-4 No. 5344 received sheet-metal shrouding in 1934, making it the first streamlined steam locomotive in America. Carl F. Kantola of NYC’s equipment engineering department created the design. The Hudson was named Commodore Vanderbilt after the NYC’s famous early leader, but initially displayed no road number. Glenn Grabill photo […]
Editor Jim Wrinn captured this time lapse video on October 10, 2014, of a day’s work on the Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2. The locomotive, which has been out of service since 2000, is being worked on at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. […]
CSX train Q257 with C40-8W No. 7893 rolls past the signal at MP 51 on the former Toledo & Ohio Central main line three miles north of Arlington, Ohio, on Jan. 19, 2014. Photo by Dale A. DeVene Jr. […]
In this visit to Peggy and Gary Martin’s outdoor garden railway, the Eagle Mountain Railroad, you’ll see large scale trains in a distinctly southwestern desert setting. […]
A westbound trackage rights train is seen at Otis, Ind., in March 2014 with Canadian Pacific and CSX Transportation power. Bruce Stahl Procter & Gamble agrees to buy Gillette. Kmart takes over Sears. Federated Department Stores gobbles up rival May. Mergers filled the business news in 2004 and early 2005, and experts predict the trend […]
Southern Pacific SD9 No. 4346 leads a Siskiyou line train through Rice Hill, Ore., on Oct. 27, 1987. Photo by David Lassen […]
Brand-new Norfolk Southern SD70ACe No. 1117, part of the multi-year EMD order, works train No. 746 through Starkey, Va., on May 6, 2014. Samuel Phillips Scroll to the bottom of this page to download a PDF of the roster. 2013 New Locomotive Construction GE: 629; EMD/Progress Rail: 356; MPI: 42; NREC: 30 Railroad Qty. Road […]
FULL SCREEN Mark Scott FULL SCREEN Mark Scott FULL SCREEN Mark Scott FULL SCREEN Mark Scott Tune in to our webcam live from Thomasville, N.C., on Saturday, Oct. 4 for the city’s first railfan and railroad appreciation day. Join us trackside on the busy Norfolk Southern main line to watch freight action as well […]
At frosty Higgins, Texas, on the Santa Fe, author Metzger’s crane parts sit sidetracked as SD40-2s pass with a freight. Bill Metzger While my hometown Pittsburgh Steelers were playing the Seattle Seahawks in the 2007 Super Bowl, I got to thinking about where I was the last time the Steelers won football’s biggest game. It […]
