Waukesha train-watching in the rain

A red-painted Canadian National locomotive hauling a train in the rain.

Join us trackside in Waukesha on Sept. 5, 2018, for three northbound Canadian National moves: a rail train, a unit potash train, and an intermodal train. The rain in still falling and many railroads throughout the state are experiencing high-water conditions and washouts. […]

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Waukesha train-watching in the rain

A red-painted Canadian National locomotive hauling a train in the rain.

Join us trackside in Waukesha on Sept. 5, 2018, for three northbound Canadian National moves: a rail train, a unit potash train, and an intermodal train. The rain in still falling and many railroads throughout the state are experiencing high-water conditions and washouts. […]

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Conversations with Brian Solomon

Trains Magazine · Conversations with Brian Solomon, Episode 39 Railroad author and photographer Brian Solomon produces this exclusive biweekly podcast for Trains Magazine. You can catch his column monthly in the magazine or his daily railroad photography blog at briansolomon.com/trackingthelight. Conversations with Brian Solomon, Episode 38 We’re back on the railfan track this week with […]

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Vol. 334: “Stations”

Rounded, old-style passenger train station in low-angle sunlight at a track diamond.

  This “Trackside with Trains” photo contest result comes from August 2018. The theme was “Stations.” Trackside with Trackside was a regular, periodic contest among Trains website visitors from the earlier 2000s until October 2018. Anyone in the world who wanted to participate, could, and with rare exception, have their images judged by viewers with […]

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Video: National Train Show 2018 special report

Close view of a black, streamlined, model train steam locomotive.

Members of the Model Railroader staff attended the National Train Show held on August 10-12, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he travels the show floor and brings you new product highlights from Atlas, Bachmann, Kato USA, Wm. K. Walthers, and Woodland Scenics. […]

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Video: National Train Show 2018 special report

Close view of a black, streamlined, model train steam locomotive.

Members of the Model Railroader staff attended the National Train Show held on August 10-12, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. Follow associate editor Cody Grivno as he travels the show floor and brings you new product highlights from Atlas, Bachmann, Kato USA, Wm. K. Walthers, and Woodland Scenics. […]

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Taking Care of Business: Caledonian Sleeper, Part 1

A UK locomotive with a wide windshield and yellow paint face the camera head on at a station platform.

Charlie Conway finds his way back to the UK. This time The Caledonian Sleeper granted unprecedented access to this legendary overnight rail service connecting London with cities in the Scottish Highlands. Follow Chas as he goes behind the scenes to see what transpires to keep passengers safe and comfortable throughout the journey. […]

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Taking Care of Business: Caledonian Sleeper, Part 1

A UK locomotive with a wide windshield and yellow paint face the camera head on at a station platform.

Charlie Conway finds his way back to the UK. This time The Caledonian Sleeper granted unprecedented access to this legendary overnight rail service connecting London with cities in the Scottish Highlands. Follow Chas as he goes behind the scenes to see what transpires to keep passengers safe and comfortable throughout the journey. […]

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Famed photographer Shaughnessy dies NEWSWIRE

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Jim Shaughnessey, shown in 2002 at Enola, Pa. Robert S. McGonigal TROY, N.Y. – Of all the pioneers who revolutionized railroad photography in the postwar decades, few equal the status of Jim Shaughnessy, one of the deans of the field, especially as measured by his powerful images from the steam-to-diesel era of the 1950s and […]

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