Join us for the next video diary entry of our rail tour through Peru. Having crossed the Andes, our chartered Ferrocarril Central Andino train travels across the Altiplano from LaOroya to Cerro de Pasco through immense scenic beauty and raw industrial scars. We’ll pass wetlands where flamingos winter, inspect an abandoned narrow gauge diesel, and […]
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Join us for the next video diary entry of our rail tour through Peru. Having crossed the Andes, our chartered Ferrocarril Central Andino train travels across the Altiplano from LaOroya to Cerro de Pasco through immense scenic beauty and raw industrial scars. We’ll pass wetlands where flamingos winter, inspect an abandoned narrow gauge diesel, and […]
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On this ski-trip-turned-trackside-trek, Charlie Conway and his wife Sheila made their way to the Union Pacific’s main line between Ogden, Utah, and Evanston, Wyoming. Ride along with the dynamic duo as they chase fast freight over the wintery Evanston Subdivision. […]
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On this ski-trip-turned-trackside-trek, Charlie Conway and his wife Sheila made their way to the Union Pacific’s main line between Ogden, Utah, and Evanston, Wyoming. Ride along with the dynamic duo as they chase fast freight over the wintery Evanston Subdivision. […]
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Charlie Conway recently joined the Cascade Rail Foundation, which prompted him to take a road trip to learn about their Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension preservation efforts in Eastern Washington State. Follow Chas and his pals Karl and Nicholas on this trek to see and explore lineside structures and more! […]
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Charlie Conway recently joined the Cascade Rail Foundation, which prompted him to take a road trip to learn about their Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension preservation efforts in Eastern Washington State. Follow Chas and his pals Karl and Nicholas on this trek to see and explore lineside structures and more! […]
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Charlie’s road trip with Karl and Nicholas along the old Milwaukee Road in Washington State continues with a visit to the locomotive shops of the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad. Chief Mechanical Officer Brad Byrd explains what remains to be done to bring the Cascade Rail Foundation’s GE U25B back to life. […]
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Charlie’s road trip with Karl and Nicholas along the old Milwaukee Road in Washington State continues with a visit to the locomotive shops of the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad. Chief Mechanical Officer Brad Byrd explains what remains to be done to bring the Cascade Rail Foundation’s GE U25B back to life. […]
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Trains’ tour of Peru’s spectacular Ferrocarril Central Andino railroad goes high into the Andes via extreme railroading. Watch as our chartered train tackles switchbacks, bridges, and tunnels to reach the 15,0000-summit – one of the highest railroads in the world. Hold your breath as we pass through the final bore! Watch part 1 of the […]
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Trains’ tour of Peru’s spectacular Ferrocarril Central Andino railroad goes high into the Andes via extreme railroading. Watch as our chartered train tackles switchbacks, bridges, and tunnels to reach the 15,0000-summit – one of the highest railroads in the world. Hold your breath as we pass through the final bore! Watch part 1 of the […]
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NEW YORK CITY — The best ticket to cure cabin fever could be a train ride from a nearby station or it may be the rated PG-13 movie “The Commuter.” The Commuter stars Liam Neeson as — a rail commuter — ostensibly on NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Hudson Line, with a few outside scenes to […]
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An NS 21st Century Steam excursion adds to the mileage totals for riders at Williamstown, Ky., in May 2014. Two photos, Robert S. McGonigal Railroads are all about places – where the rails go to transport freight and passengers. In the 1920s, the “Index of Railroad Stations” at the back of each edition of The […]
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