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In November 2019, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Atlantic Coast Line. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in June 2019, as the perfect salute to the Atlantic Coast Line. Return each week for another salute to the railroad of the month! See what we did last week for […]
SW7 No. 8905, restored to its Conrail paint scheme, made its debut this weekend at the B&O Railroad Museum. Courtesy of Rudy Garbely BALTIMORE — The first operational locomotive restored to its Conrail appearance made its public debut this weekend at the B&O Railroad Museum. SW7 No. 8905 was restored to Conrail blue thanks to […]
There is no mistaking Atlantic Coast Line boss Champ Davis’ favorite color — Royal Purple — as E6 No. 518 nears Cascade Road leaving greater Atlanta for Waycross, Ga., with local train 101 in Oct. 1958. David W. Salter The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was true to its name: it linked an important string of […]
SKYKOMISH, Wash. — An ex-Great Northern SD9 locomotive enthusiasts had hoped might be displayed in the historic railroad town of Skykomish instead may be destined for scrap. The locomotive’s fate is wrapped in a controversy over whether it was ever actually donated to or accepted by the town, a small community in the Cascade foothills […]
A passenger for the New Haven’s Owl checks in at the gate for track 21 in Grand Central Terminal. This photo, from March 1957 Trains magazine, was author Gwyer’s introduction to the train. Don Wood I was first introduced to the New Haven Railroad’s Owl by a photo in the March 1957 issue of Trains magazine. The picture, made […]
Freshly repainted SW600 No. 1280 leads Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad’s Pizza Train at Earl, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The locomotive was repainted to its as-delivered scheme as a surprise for a Chicago & North Western Railroad Historical Society regional meet. Steve Smedley Paint and photographs were part of the work to restore Chicago […]
All this month — October 2019 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include B&M steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this B&M history […]
Starting in October 2019, Classic Trains editors will celebrate the heritage, history, and lore of famed (and infamous) railroads. We start this series with the beloved Boston & Maine. Please enjoy a collection of images located in the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include B&M’s iconic locomotives and scarce builder’s photos. […]
Starting in October 2019, Classic Trains editors will celebrate the heritage, history, and lore of famed (and infamous) railroads. We start this series with the beloved Boston & Maine. Please enjoy a collection of images located in the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include B&M’s iconic locomotives and scarce builder’s photos. […]
A Canadian National train with Illinois Central-painted locomotives departs Chicago’s Markham Yard in 2017. TEH-17089-16 Jacob Metzger Q: When I was in the second grade, we took a field trip to what was then the largest freight yard in the country. That was over 50 years ago, when I lived in a Chicago suburb. I […]
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CSX 4317, a former Reading Co. GP39-2 shown at right, works at Yeoman Yard in Tampa, Fla., in March 2017. It now resides at the Reading museum in Hamburg, Pa. Scott A. Hartley HAMBURG, Pa. – A former Reading GP-39-2, one of the last new locomotives delivered to that railroad just months before the Conrail […]
