Chicago & North Western class D 4-4-2 395 and 4-6-2 647 head west through a cut at Wales, Wis., with an excursion train on a triangular Chicago–Milwaukee–Madison–Chicago routing in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
C&NW steam excursion
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Super-Power citadel
The Lima Locomotive Works plant in Lima, Ohio, birthplace of hundreds of advanced “Super-Power” steam locomotives, occupied a triangular site on the city’s south side between B&O and Nickel Plate lines. Classic Trains coll. […]
Sumpter Valley Malley
2-6-6-2 Mallet No. 250 of the 3-foot-gauge Sumpter Valley Railway in northeast Oregon rolls a train of lumber toward the Union Pacific interchange at Baker, Ore., in 1946. The SV was abandoned in 1948, but a portion has been revived as a museum and tourist railway. Henry R. Griffiths photo […]
Older locomotives, small fleets end up in storage at CSX NEWSWIRE
CSX EMD SD60Ms, SD70MACs, SD50-2s, SD40-2s, and an assortment of other GE and EMD-built locomotives sit in storage at CSX Transportation’s Russell, Ky., near Wurtland, Ky., in July 2017. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Hundreds of locomotives have ended up in storage since CEO E. Hunter Harrison took the top spot at CSX Transportation earlier this year. […]
Trains, August 2017
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Trains, July 2017
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CP begins painting ‘Beaver’ logo on locomotives NEWSWIRE
Close-up of No. 9835’s new simplified logo at Relco. Bradley J. Grefe Canadian Pacific AC4400CW No. 9835 sits outside Relco’s Albia, Iowa, shop. Bradley J. Grefe ALBIA, Iowa — Canadian Pacific has reintroduced its heritage logo to the side of its locomotives. Earlier this month, AC400CWs Nos. 9835 and 8639 were released from the paint […]
Norfolk Southern to dissolve Central Division NEWSWIRE
Norfolk Southern plans to consolidate its Central Division operations into neighboring divisions, reducing its total operating territories from 10 divisions to nine. Norfolk Southern NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will dissolve its Central Division operations into three surrounding divisions by early November, a railroad news release announced on Tuesday. The move will reduce NS’ operating […]
CSX abolishes several operating rules NEWSWIRE
A conductor watches the reverse move of a pair of locomotives about to couple onto a freight train on CSX’s former Chesapeake & Ohio main line in West Virginia. Chase Gunnoe JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation is continuing to make changes to its operational structure, especially through a series of recent operating rule abolishments. On […]
Classic Trains, Summer 2017
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CSX dispatchers to soon return to Jacksonville NEWSWIRE
An eastbound CSX coal train passes a refinery near Catlettsburg, Ky., on the railroad’s Big Sandy Subdivision. The eastern Kentucky route was once dispatched by Huntington Division dispatchers in nearby Huntington, W.Va., but is now managed by the railroad’s Louisville Division offices in Kentucky. Soon, this route will be managed by Jacksonville-based dispatchers. Chase Gunnoe […]
Trains, June 2017
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