Our Boys of Summer start the year by sharing their Iron Range Expedition! Last summer, Drew Halverson, Mike Danneman, Charlie Conway, and Kent Johnson rallied in the Upper Midwest to trek from the Twin Cities to the Twin Ports to Two Harbors, Minnesota. Join them as they tour rare sights at Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad […]
Our Boys of Summer start the year by sharing their Iron Range Expedition! Last summer, Drew Halverson, Mike Danneman, Charlie Conway, and Kent Johnson rallied in the Upper Midwest to trek from the Twin Cities to the Twin Ports to Two Harbors, Minnesota. Join them as they tour rare sights at Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad […]
Visit Norfolk Southern’s fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! In Volume 3, you’ll see fast freights, including the now-historic Triple Crown RoadRailer trains, bounce over the often overlooked diamond at Maple Grove, Ohio! Watch more: Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 1 Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 2 […]
Visit Norfolk Southern’s fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! In Volume 3, you’ll see fast freights, including the now-historic Triple Crown RoadRailer trains, bounce over the often overlooked diamond at Maple Grove, Ohio! Watch more: Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 1 Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 2 […]
Review the final routes of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus blue and red trains, and plot your journey to see them one more time. […]
A Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train en route to Hampton, Va., from Louisville, Ky., rolls through St. Albans, W.Va., in August 2011. Chase Gunnoe ELLENTON, Fla. — When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus drops its big top for the last time in May, the classic passenger cars and equipment […]
Erie RS2 904 clatters into the Lackawanna’s Hoboken Terminal with a Main Line local in 1956. Richard H. Young Youth is wasted on young people, so the saying goes. Kids don’t have the … well … maturity to know what’s special in their world. Watch the crowds at Disneyland. It’s the adults who are agog […]
Join Assistant Editor Brian Schmidt for a look at BNSF Railway’s famed “Racetrack,” the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy main line between Chicago and Aurora, Ill. You’ll see fast freights along with Amtrak and Metra passenger moves along the triple-track speedway at the Naperville and Route 59 stations. For more Chicago railroading, be sure to […]
Join Assistant Editor Brian Schmidt for a look at BNSF Railway’s famed “Racetrack,” the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy main line between Chicago and Aurora, Ill. You’ll see fast freights along with Amtrak and Metra passenger moves along the triple-track speedway at the Naperville and Route 59 stations. For more Chicago railroading, be sure to […]
Ron Ziel as he appeared in 1975 for a wedding announcement. The announcement includes a note that he and his wife, Elizabeth McAtic, had no time for a real honeymoon since they were about to spend six weeks in Africa imaging steam locomotives. Ron Ziel IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Ron Ziel, whose book “The Twilight […]
In this last leg of their trek to the Columbia River Gorge, Charlie and Tom Danneman keep the cameras rolling to capture the various tunnels and trains along the BNSF main line. You’ll enjoy the numerous run-bys they captured before returning to Portland, Ore. […]
In this last leg of their trek to the Columbia River Gorge, Charlie and Tom Danneman keep the cameras rolling to capture the various tunnels and trains along the BNSF main line. You’ll enjoy the numerous run-bys they captured before returning to Portland, Ore. […]
