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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this encore appearance, Model Railroader magazine’s retired senior editor Jim Hediger pops back into the MRVP studio to re-tell a story about Ann Arbor Railroad’s Viking car ferry concluding one particular trip across Lake Michigan. Related Topics: railfan […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this encore appearance, Model Railroader magazine’s retired senior editor Jim Hediger pops back into the MRVP studio to re-tell a story about Ann Arbor Railroad’s Viking car ferry concluding one particular trip across Lake Michigan. Related Topics: railfan […]
South Australian Railways No. 520, a 4-8-4 Northern-type 520-class steam locomotive traverses track in Australia in 1994. Toy-maker Mattel is introducing “Shane,” a new friend of Thomas the Tank Engine, based on the locomotive. Courtesy: Peter Michalak MOUNT BAKER, Australia — More promotional pictures released by Mattel reveal that one of the new characters soon […]
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]
Heavy Mikado of the Muskogee Group poses on the turntable at Muskogee, Okla., in August 1950. Joe Collias photo In the early 1950s, a friend and I traveled extensively in an attempt to photograph as many steam locomotives as possible before their impending destruction by dieselization. On one expedition, we chose a corner of Oklahoma […]
Kevin Dorm Union Pacific’s former Southern Pacific rotary snowplow SPMW No. 207 cuts its teeth for the first time this week after laying up since a 2014 rebuild. The rotary and B-unit arrived in Roseville, Calif., in early 2014 after upgrades at Iowa’s Relco locomotive shops. But due to lack of snow and teething issues related […]
Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn interviews Kevin P. Keefe, vice president of editorial for Kalmbach Publishing and Trains editor 1992-2000, to talk about his tenure with the magazine. Keefe, who is retiring in March, talks about working in downtown Milwaukee with David P. Morgan, Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225, the famous Trains 55th anniversary issue, […]
Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn interviews Kevin P. Keefe, vice president of editorial for Kalmbach Publishing and Trains editor 1992-2000, to talk about his tenure with the magazine. Keefe, who is retiring in March, talks about working in downtown Milwaukee with David P. Morgan, Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225, the famous Trains 55th anniversary issue, […]
WASHINGTON — After eight years, Amtrak is pulling the plug on one of its more successful promotions: National Train Day. In an e-mail to Trains Correspondent Bob Johnston, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says, “Since its inception, Amtrak Train Days/National Train Day has been a popular program, allowing us to celebrate the value that Amtrak brings […]
A railfan went to Eureka, Calif., to see SD9s, but it’s the flowers at a memorial that made an impression. David Lustig photo It was the lure of the machinery that first attracted me to trains. But technology is nothing without people to operate it, and I suppose it’s a side effect of the aging […]
A Washington state man home-built a coal-or wood-fired standard-gauge steam speeder and placed it for sale on eBay. The asking price is $14,000. Ross Bendixen SAMMAMISH, Wash. — The railroad speeder can be the basis for a lot of projects. Some people like to restore motorcars to their original appearances. Others like to create their […]
