Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Daryl Kruse’s N scale layout models the modern-era Union Pacific Geneva Subdivision in northern Illinois. A couple of the detailed scenes on Daryl’s model railroad include Proviso Yard and a Mississippi River crossing. […]
A westbound Napoleon, Defiance & Western train crosses a short trestle over a country road near Antwerp, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
A southbound Norfolk Southern freight takes the clear signal at South Leesburg, Ind., on May 16, 2011. The former New York Central branch line was upgraded with Pennsylvania-style position light signals recycled from other routes during Penn Central ownership. Photo by Bob Jordan […]
Two E8As and an E7B lead NYC 26, the 20th Century Limited, eastbound at VIckers, Ohio, on a summer evening in 1966, the train’s last full year. William L. Gwyer This picture was just about the last railroad photo I took. It was the culmination of my photographic exploration of contemporary railroading in the early […]
A northbound Norfolk Southern freight passes the unique siding switch and signals at North Leesburg, Ind., on March 24, 2011. The Santa Fe-painted locomotive is a run-through from BNSF Railway. Photo by Bob Jordan […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The fun in the sun continues in this second episode of Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors! This time, Kent welcomes Drew, Cody, David, and special guest Rene Schweitzer from Garden Railways magazine to his 22 x 30-foot garden railway (1:29 scale). The Crew tackles […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The fun in the sun continues in this second episode of Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors! This time, Kent welcomes Drew, Cody, David, and special guest Rene Schweitzer from Garden Railways magazine to his 22 x 30-foot garden railway (1:29 scale). The Crew tackles […]
Taconite pellets roll south through Marion, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2014, bound for AK Steel in Ashland, Ky. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Pioneer Railcorp GP16 No. 1603 leads a westbound Napoleon, Defiance & Western train at Antwerp, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 2014, with just seven cars in tow. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Former Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad passes under the BNSF Railway “Race Track” at LaGrange, Ill., on June 10, 2016, en route to the 2016 Franklin Park Railroad Days. Photo by Benjamin J. Muciek […]
Learn about BNSF Railway’s amazing main lines between Chicago and Galesburg, Ill., with our three-page foldout map! See today’s track arrangement, find what abandoned lines one ran in the area, and understand the rich history of railroading in Northern Illinois. […]
After holding a preview and reception in the space on June 23, Amtrak this week opens its new Metropolitan Lounge at Chicago Union Station. The facility for sleeping-car and business-class passengers is twice the size of the 25-year-old lounge it replaces. Join Trains Associate Editor David Lassen for a tour of the facilities and work […]
