Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern model railroad was featured in the Model Railroad Planning 2018. This video was shot by Dale Pape during a monthly operating session. […]
Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern RR – Silver Plume Freight (color)
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Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern RR – Silver Plume Freight (color)
Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern model railroad was featured in the Model Railroad Planning 2018. This video was shot by Dale Pape during a monthly operating session. […]
Minidoka: place of enchantment
UP train 339, the mixed from Twin Falls, Idaho, nears its destination of Wells, Nev., in fall 1943. Is Uncle Jim the conductor today? W. B. Wolverton There’s not much there anymore, and few people know that Minidoka, Idaho, was once a busy railroad point. It was also my youthful idea of heaven. That’s where […]
Ask Trains: Is Union Pacific the only U.S. rail carrier to use long rail?
Union Pacific SD60 No. 2181 is on the point of a welded rail train tucked into the storage siding at Woodford, Calif., for the weekend in March 2002. TEH-12131-6 Howard Ande Question: Is Union Pacific the only U.S. rail carrier to use long rail? What exactly is long rail? Periodically, I see ocean bulk carriers bringing […]
Are Wyoming cities prepared for the Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive visit? NEWSWIRE
Big Boy steam locomotive 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 is in tow between two Union Pacific diesel locomotives in April 2014 near Rock Springs, Wyo. Small cities along the route of the Big Boy this year say they’ve not specifically prepared for tourists. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn EVANSTON, Wyo. — Union Pacific’s move of restored Big Boy No. […]
Spiffy Mallet
Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3404, nicely turned out with white tires, running boards, and cylinder-head covers, assists a train up Tennessee Pass in July 1941. Up front is a 4-8-2; at the rear is another 2-8-8-2 helper. J. W. Maxwell photo […]
Mainstreeter near Missoula
Northern Pacific’s westbound Mainstreeter carries several head-end cars as it rolls near Missoula, Mont., in 1966, including four NP express baggage cars, a Union Pacific baggage car, and an RPO. Philip C. Johnson photo […]
If a Transcontinental Railroad were Built Today
Construction crews working westward on the Union Pacific encountered rough going when they reached Utah’s Weber Canyon. Trains collection If you built a transcontinental railroad today from scratch, how long would it take, given the regulatory environment of the modern world? Nobody knows for sure, but the best guess is about 57 years. Here’s a […]
Where was the Transcontinental Railroad completed?
Today, Promontory Summit is home to the recreated Golden Spike Historic Site, home for two replica 4-4-0s: Union Pacific No. 119, shown, and Central Pacific Jupiter. Jim Wrinn Most school children learned that the Transcontinental Railroad was completed May 10, 1869, at “Promontory Point,” where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific met, and where […]
2019 Extreme Trains: Two Challengers, a Big Boy, and 100 cars
A Big Boy, Two Challengers, and 100 Cars travel from Quartz Mountain Summit to Lakeview at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s February, 2019 Extreme Trains event. Video submitted by Bill Rogers. […]
2019 Extreme Trains: Two Challengers, a Big Boy, and 100 cars
A Big Boy, Two Challengers, and 100 Cars travel from Quartz Mountain Summit to Lakeview at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s February, 2019 Extreme Trains event. Video submitted by Bill Rogers. […]
Report: Denver light rail train speeding at time of derailment that seriously injured passenger NEWSWIRE
AURORA, Colo. — A light rail vehicle was going more than three times the speed limit when it derailed on a curve in Aurora in January, ejecting a passenger whose leg was severed by the moving train, the Denver Post reports. The Post report on the Jan. 28 derailment is based on a police report […]
