Maryland wants explanation for CSX Howard Street Tunnel decision

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WASHINGTON — Maryland’s entire congressional delegation has written to CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison, asking him to explain the railroad’s decision to drop out of a partnership to raise clearances in the Howard Street Tunnel. On Nov. 1, in response to media inquiries, CSX confirmed that it no longer considered the long-sought tunnel project […]

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Haunted Train layout

Halloween toy train layout

Name:    Steven Allen Railroad Name:    Look Memorial Park Haunted Train Layout Video Location:    Look Memorial Park Train Station, Florence, MA Scale:    S Scale Theme:    Halloween Description:    Members of the Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club have built a Halloween themed layout for Look Memorial Park’s Train Station. It is available during the Haunted Train Rides on […]

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Haunted Train layout

Halloween toy train layout

Name:    Steven Allen Railroad Name:    Look Memorial Park Haunted Train Layout Video Location:    Look Memorial Park Train Station, Florence, MA Scale:    S Scale Theme:    Halloween Description:    Members of the Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club have built a Halloween themed layout for Look Memorial Park’s Train Station. It is available during the Haunted Train Rides on […]

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East Broad Top owner trying to sell railroad in one piece NEWSWIRE

INDIANA, Pa. — “The East Broad Top is sleeping,” Joe Kovalchick says. Indeed, it’s been five years since the legendary narrow gauge railroad has operated for the public. The famed narrow-gauge coal hauler’s modern-day owner, Kovalchick, says he’s trying to find someone, some group or agency to buy the 33-mile railroad. “I want to keep […]

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NY judge sides with railroad in trail case NEWSWIRE

Adirondack

An Adirondack Scenic Railroad passenger train to Thendara, N.Y., prepares to depart the station at Big Moose, N.Y. The four-car train is powered by RS18 No. 1845, built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1958. This line was previously the New York Central’s Adirondack Division, and saw as many as 10 passenger trains a day. Alex […]

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Remembering 9/11 NEWSWIRE

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PATH Car No. 143: A survivor of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Ralph Spielman An emergency sign inside Car No. 143. Planners could not have envisioned the emergency passengers in this car might have had to endure. Fortunately, the train this car was in was […]

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