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For the second consecutive year, Indiana Northeastern Railroad, Little River Railroad, and the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society will play host to the Cameron Christmas Train, a three-day tour of northeastern Indiana, southeastern Michigan, and western Ohio set for Nov. 20-22 to mark the holiday season and deliver gifts to families along the route. The […]
Walk around the halls of Baltimore’s B&O Railroad Museum and you will encounter many first, last, and only railroad objects. There is the William Mason, an 1856 4-4-0 steam locomotive that pulled Abraham Lincoln’s train as he snuck through Baltimore prior to his presidential inauguration. You will see B&O No. 51, an EMC EA, the […]
In every issue News, p. 4 Amtrak launches Mardi Gras service on the Gulf Coast, debuts NextGen Acela Bill Stephens, p. 12 European passenger trains can dazzle — or disappoint John P. Hankey, p. 14 Memories of Ross Rowland and running No. 614 Preservation, p. 52 The Baltimore Streetcar Museum plans a $28 million new […]
From a passion that began with her father, 23-year-old Maddie Schaaf has built a career in railway preservation. As the marketing and membership manager for the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, she focuses on making the mission statement relevant to both older and younger audiences through digital and traditional promotions and storytelling. How did you […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Heritage Rail has announced two photo charters with Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 to be conducted by Lerro Photography on Oct. 23–25 and Oct. 30–Nov. 1, 2026. The events will take place on 40 miles of mainline track extending north and south of Albuquerque. Two events are scheduled due to […]
[Ed. — This adventure is excerpted from a story originally appearing in Trains, September 1984. It, along with 45 other railroad stories, can be found in a forthcoming Trains/Classic Train book: Tales of the Rails, due out in March 2026. Visit shop.trains.com to order your copy.] On June 27, 1955, I witnessed a veteran locomotive […]
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — The West Chester Railroad Heritage Association is continuing efforts to raise $85,000 for the exterior restoration of the Glen Mills train station, built in 1882 by the Pennsylvania Railroad on its West Chester line. Glen Mills and its ornate brick structure was served by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority until 1986. […]
SOUDERTON, Pa. — The effort to restore the last surviving Lehigh & New England diesel locomotive has announced a milestone: the shipment of all four of the Alco S2’s traction motors to an Altoona, Pa., company for rehabilitation. The Railroad & Industrial Preservation Society said today (Oct. 31, 2025) that the traction motors of L&NE […]
The newly minted CPKC Railway, a 20,000-mile system combining Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), sent me to Kansas City in late May 2024 to capture KCS motive power before its identity vanished under the unified railroad’s new paint. Videographers Kevin Gilliam and Mike Noonkester and I spent at day chasing this CPKC […]
OGDEN, Utah — The City of Ogden, the 223 Locomotive Foundation, and the Colorado Railroad Museum have announced plans for an operational restoration of Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 223. The 2-8-0 locomotive is one of three remaining C-16 class engines built in 1881. It is the only remaining C-16 built by Grant Locomotive […]
This Union Pacific branchline train heads home at sunset near Platte Center, Nebraska on Aug. 22, 1988. The train — the Norfolk local returning to Columbus with a little bit of everything in tow — was a common enough sight at the time. The well-maintained motive power includes three, four-axle locomotives. The lead unit is […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Transportation Museum volunteers have returned a 1949 EMD SW1 diesel locomotive to operation. The unit was built for the Wabash Railroad and later sold to window-maker Andersen for switching at its Bayport, Minn., plant. “It started with a hinge,” says Tim Nelson, one of the volunteers who led the project, […]
