Milwaukee Road steam tender now a work of art NEWSWIRE

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An artist has transformed a former Milwaukee Road steam locomotive tender and ex-snow plow into a mural in Montevideo, Minn. Montevideo Arts Project MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — A one-time locomotive tender and snow plow officially welcomes its news role as public art this week outside the former Milwaukee Road station in Montevideo, Minn. The Montevideo Arts […]

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Founder of CEDCo calendar company found dead in Thailand NEWSWIRE

BANGKOK, Thailand — The body of Charles E. Ditlefsen, whose CEDCo Publishing Co. calendars featured a variety of railroad subjects, was found dismembered in a freezer in Thailand. He disappeared in 2008. Ditlefsen, who was born in Hungary, was a transportation planner in Marin County, Calif. News reports from Thailand say Ditlefsen may have been […]

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Trains Presents: Germany’s Mollibahn Railroad

The German Mollibahn is an amazing steam-powered preservation railroad along the Baltic Sea, but it’s more than that: It’s got street running too! Check out the sights and sounds of the Molli’s 2-8-2Ts in the streets as motorists and pedestrians take care to avoid the train. Looks for a feature story in a future issue […]

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Trains Presents: Germany’s Mollibahn Railroad

The German Mollibahn is an amazing steam-powered preservation railroad along the Baltic Sea, but it’s more than that: It’s got street running too! Check out the sights and sounds of the Molli’s 2-8-2Ts in the streets as motorists and pedestrians take care to avoid the train. Looks for a feature story in a future issue […]

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Learning to love the diesels of the Northeast

FULL SCREEN Victor Hand Erie Lackawanna E units lead a passenger train through fall foliage at Pond Eddy, Pa., on Oct. 11, 1964. FULL SCREEN Victor Hand Four Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotives lead a freight train along the Lehigh River at Leslie Run, Pa., in fall 1964. FULL SCREEN Victor Hand Erie Lackawanna […]

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2016 Trains Photo Contest Winners: Water

FULL SCREEN Brandon Townley A Loram crew sprays water to prevent fires from forming, following the rail-grinding process on Norfolk Southern’s Sandusky District in Chatfield, Ohio. FULL SCREEN David Honan Westbound manifest train M-LAUPAS passes through this dramatic scene on Montana Rail Link’s 4th Subdivision at Hope, Idaho, on Aug. 31, 2014. FULL SCREEN Mitch […]

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Learning to love the diesels of the Northeast

FULL SCREEN Victor Hand Erie Lackawanna E units lead a passenger train through fall foliage at Pond Eddy, Pa., on Oct. 11, 1964. FULL SCREEN Victor Hand Four Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotives lead a freight train along the Lehigh River at Leslie Run, Pa., in fall 1964. FULL SCREEN Victor Hand Erie Lackawanna […]

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