Tuesday afternoon rail news: West Virginia announces new site to track blocked grade crossings The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has launched a new online site to report trains blocking grade crossings. By state law, it is illegal for a train to block a crossing for more than 10 minutes except in the case […]
Two Pittsburgh & Western Virginia Fairbanks-Morse H20-44s lead 81-car train 92 into Louise, W.Va., in March 1950. P&WV completely dieselized its road trains with the Fairbanks-Morse units, sending all seven of its 2-6-6-4s to scrap. Photo by J.J. Young Jr. […]
All through November 2020, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the charm and notoriety of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway that spanned central New York State. Check out this photo gallery of “Old & Weary” passenger trains from the archives of Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library. If you like this gallery, you […]
Mountain meet Pennsylvania Railroad GP9s on westbound piggyback train TT1 pass J1 class 2-10-4 No. 6166, which has stopped on the main line near Johnstown, Pa., to take water from an overhead spout, in September 1956. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Editor and 2-8-0 From behind the wheel of his car, Trains magazine Editor David P. Morgan watches Baltimore & Ohio 2-8-0 3127 on freight train 160 at a grade crossing near Genesee, Pa., in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Baltimore & Ohio 4-6-2 No. 5068 departs Grafton, W.Va., with a Korean War-era troop train that originated at Fort Meade, Md., in May 1953. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Featured in Model Railroader in 1978, the N scale Clinchfield remains one of the magazine’s all-time great project railroads. Jim Hediger shares some of the insight behind the planning and construction of the unique model railroad. […]
Featured in Model Railroader in 1978, the N scale Clinchfield remains one of the magazine’s all-time great project railroads. Jim Hediger shares some of the insight behind the planning and construction of the unique model railroad. […]
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Alco C420 No. 405 gently broke through a ceremonial ribbon this morning, officially opening Genesee Valley Transportation’s Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Von Storch Locomotive Shops. Located in the Green Ridge section of Scranton, the steel structure features two 200-foot tracks inside, with an 83-foot walk-in inspection pit. A 20-ton crane will allow […]
Chesapeake & Ohio H-8 2-6-6-6 No. 1647 departs Handley, W.Va., with tidewater coal — a dozen 67-inch driving wheels, 90 loads, lend engine slipping wildly. The railroad had 60 such locomotives, built by Lima in 1941-1948. Photo by Philip R. Hastings […]
Conductors had a tremendous amount of paperwork to complete, not to mention dealing with unhappy passengers, equipment problems, train schedules, and seating issues. Photo by Norfolk & Western […]
