Pennsylvania class L1 Mikado No. 26, trailing an additional tender for extra water capacity, heads a train of empty coal hoppers west out of Renovo, Pa., in September 1955. Under PRR’s unorthodox numbering system, the 574-member L1 fleet ranged from No. 2 to No. 8636. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Hale’s HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. models a freelanced interchange between the Southern Ry. and the Western Maryland Ry. in 1952. Steam and diesel locomotives lead freight and passenger trains through the Appalachian Mountains and city scenes on Ron’s spectacular […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Hale’s HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. models a freelanced interchange between the Southern Ry. and the Western Maryland Ry. in 1952. Steam and diesel locomotives lead freight and passenger trains through the Appalachian Mountains and city scenes on Ron’s spectacular […]
The former Baltimore & Ohio tower at Keyser, W.Va., seen here in 2004 under CSX ownership, was a classic “armstrong” mechanical interlocking plant. The pipes travel along the tracks, where levers and cranks transfer the motion to switches, locks, and derails. Concrete pedestals support the pipe lines and other hardware. Historic American Engineering Record photo […]
In the 1950s, two Pittsburgh Railways PCC streetcars have left downtown, crossed the Monongahela River on the Smithfield Bridge, passed the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie depot, and are heading up into the South Hills tunnel. Linn H. Westcott photo […]
Norfolk & Western class Y6 2-8-8-2 Mallets rest at the Grundy, Va., engine terminal in March 1959. Bruce R. Meyer photo […]
N&W four- and six-motor EMDs rest at Crewe, Va., in 1981, three years after author Siik became acquainted with similar units during a strike on former Nickel Plate lines in Ohio. Curt Tillotson Jr. It happened nearly four decades ago, but still fresh are my memories of following the ghosts of 2-8-4 Berkshires and Bluebird […]
Take one last look at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum’s Secret City Excursion Train, which closed earlier in 2016 after more than 20 years in operation. You’ll see a finely restored Seaboard Coast Line EMD SD45 and a classic Alco C420 in operation in the hills of northern Tennessee. The museum plans to continue its […]
Take one last look at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum’s Secret City Excursion Train, which closed earlier in 2016 after more than 20 years in operation. You’ll see a finely restored Seaboard Coast Line EMD SD45 and a classic Alco C420 in operation in the hills of northern Tennessee. The museum plans to continue its […]
Take one last look at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum’s Secret City Excursion Train, which closed earlier in 2016 after more than 20 years in operation. You’ll see a finely restored Seaboard Coast Line EMD SD45 and a classic Alco C420 in operation in the hills of northern Tennessee. The museum plans to continue its […]
Join Trains Magazine for a visit with Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765. The Lima Locomotive Works-built Berkshire visited Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa., in 2015. Trains takes you along for a look at the locomotive and its runs into the Pocono Mountains! […]
Join Trains Magazine for a visit with Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765. The Lima Locomotive Works-built Berkshire visited Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa., in 2015. Trains takes you along for a look at the locomotive and its runs into the Pocono Mountains! […]
