Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Roll On, Columbia, Roll On

Two orange-painted switching locomotives work in a yard under cloudless skies.

The father-daughter duo worked their way into the Columbia Gorge before heading home. Stops at the BNSF yard in Pasco, Wash., and at milepost 160 of the Fallbridge Sub, provided ideal locations for easy railfanning. The action in the Gorge left Charlie eager to return for more fun in future Postcards! […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Roll On, Columbia, Roll On

Two orange-painted switching locomotives work in a yard under cloudless skies.

The father-daughter duo worked their way into the Columbia Gorge before heading home. Stops at the BNSF yard in Pasco, Wash., and at milepost 160 of the Fallbridge Sub, provided ideal locations for easy railfanning. The action in the Gorge left Charlie eager to return for more fun in future Postcards! […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Evening east of Wenatchee

A diesel locomotive pulls a freight train.

Charlie and Anna continued their father-daughter journey by exploring remnants of the Great Northern Railway. and The Milwaukee Road electrified line in eastern Washington. As nightfall arrived, they finished the day by chasing a train on the BNSF Railway Lakeside Subdivision. […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Evening east of Wenatchee

A diesel locomotive pulls a freight train.

Charlie and Anna continued their father-daughter journey by exploring remnants of the Great Northern Railway. and The Milwaukee Road electrified line in eastern Washington. As nightfall arrived, they finished the day by chasing a train on the BNSF Railway Lakeside Subdivision. […]

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Book Review: Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock

Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock Voyageur Field Guides By Brian Solomon Voyageur Press, 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55401; 208 pages, 160 color photos; Flexibound Flexibound, 6 x 9 inches; $24.99 www.quartoknows.com Railroading is a complex business with many interesting facets, but its equipment always seems to be at […]

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Railfans recall firsthand account of weekend derailment in Ohio NEWSWIRE

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Photos shortly after CSX trains L342-09 derailed in downtown Tontogany, Ohio on Sunday afternoon. David P. Oroszi TONTOGANY, Ohio — A weekend of train watching in northwest Ohio turned into a firsthand witness account of a CSX Transportation freight train derailment on former Baltimore & Ohio rails near Deshler, Ohio. Railroad photographers Scott Lindsey and […]

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Trains Presents Cumbres & Toltec: A vision NEWSWIRE

Cumbres & Toltec No. 487 steam locomotive traveling through a heavily forested landscape

ANTONITO, Colo. — Coal smoke flavors the crisp morning air in Antonito, Colo., where brilliant morning sun belies the snowstorm brewing on Cumbres Pass. Barely a week remains before the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad opens its 2016 season with plenty of work left to do before Memorial Day weekend. Today two coaches, two parlor […]

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My memorable summer of 1959

CP3422

CP Consolidation 3422, pictured at North Bay, Ont., in October 1954, was among the engines author Quastler came to know during his 1959 summer at London, Ont. Mert Leet In that memorable summer, I was 18 and about to enter my sophomore year in college. My father worked for a Detroit firm that had a […]

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Trains Presents: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad landslide repair update

landslide damage on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

Join Trains Editor Jim Wrinn for a first-hand look at the devastation and reconstruction of a portion of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s main line near Frostburg, Md. Heavy rains washed away a significant portion of the route in early 2016 preventing tourists from seeing the railroad in full splendor. […]

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