Whitewater Valley Railroad’s No. 25 stands by, waiting further orders on Dec. 21, 2013. The decades-old Lima-Hamilton served Cincinnati Union Terminal and the Cadillac & Lake City Railroad before moving to Connersville, Ind. Photo by Steve Sweeney […]
The homepage for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad’s website featuring a scene with the railroad’s Silver Streak. Denver & Rio Grande Former Florida East Coast 4-6-2 No. 148 sits in a storage line, partially restored at Monte Vista, Colo., in October 2015. Jim Wrinn SOUTH FORK, COLO. — President Don Shank of the Denver […]
The Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire puts on a show for visitors on July 27, 2014. Seen here is Jacob’s Ladder, the steepest part of the route at 37.4 percent. Photo by Ryan Trela […]
Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 traveled from Baltimore to the scenic railroad’s shops in 2014 and will be one of the largest operational steam locomotives in North America when it is restored for service later in 2016. Mason Y. Cooper Michael Gresham, center, resigned this week as the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s general superintendent. […]
An Iowa Pacific excursion makes its way toward Muscoda, Wis., along the jointed rail of Wisconsin & Southern’s Prairie Subdivision on June 21, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause […]
Dan Ranger CHAMA, N.M. — Steam locomotive expert, tourist railroad manager, and railway preservation advocate Dan Ranger died Friday at his home in Chama, N.M., He was 77. Ranger was executive director of the Tourist Railway Association Inc. in the late 1990s and 2000s, and had retired as general manager of the Cumbres & Toltec […]
Everett Railroad 2-6-0 No. 11, a Mogul-type steam locomotive pulls a passenger excursion in southwestern Pennsylvania in October. Chris Starnes DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Everett Railroad recent startup of steam-hauled excursion service, the nation’s newest, features a handsome 1920 Alco 2-6-0 Mogul-type on the head end. Everett president Alan Maples spoke with Trains about the […]
Nevada’s famed Virginia & Truckee Railroad, once the richest railroad in the world saw a tourist revival decades after the route was abandoned. See the railroad’s steam-powered tourist operations in the Comstock Lode region with www.TrainsMag.com. […]
Colorado’s storied narrow gauge railroads still live with the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, operating between Chama, N.M., and Antonito, Colo. See narrow gauge steam battle the grades in spectacular Rocky Mountain scenery with www.TrainsMag.com. […]
Colorado’s storied narrow gauge railroads still live with the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, operating between Chama, N.M., and Antonito, Colo. See narrow gauge steam battle the grades in spectacular Rocky Mountain scenery with www.Trains.com. […]
Nevada’s famed Virginia & Truckee Railroad, once the richest railroad in the world saw a tourist revival decades after the route was abandoned. See the railroad’s steam-powered tourist operations in the Comstock Lode region with www.TrainsMag.com. […]
In this PBS Tracks Ahead segment on Model Railroader Video Plus, discover the family-friendly Tweetsie Railroad theme park in North Carolina. […]
