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![Aberdeen Carolina & Western E-unit No. 103 | NODA Express](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TRN060223-TP-TT-ACW-Eunit_V3659_JW.00_00_07_18.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
Aberdeen Carolina & Western E-unit No. 103 | NODA Express
It's May 25th, 2023, and a test run of the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railroad's new...
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![Southern Railway No. 722 | Return to steam](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TRN05242023-TP-TT-Southern-722_V3658_JW.00_00_02_00.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
Southern Railway No. 722 | Return to steam
A ghost from the past is staging to return! In the spring of 2023, the Great...
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![Cass Scenic Railroad | Return to Durbin, W.Va.](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TRN05202023-TT-Cass-Durbin-Line_V3642_JW.mp4.00_00_16_02.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
Cass Scenic Railroad | Return to Durbin, W.Va.
Steam trains have been running at Durbin, W.Va., for the past 20 years. But if...
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![Rocky Mountaineer in the Rockies](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TDC051123-TT-TP-RockyMountaineer_V3641.00_00_09_18.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
Rocky Mountaineer in the Rockies
The Rocky Mountaineer began as a VIA Rail service in Canada in the late 1980s....
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![Brightline Basecamp Train Wash](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TRN033023_TP_TT-Brightline_V3656.mp4.00_00_15_14-400x240.png)
Brightline Basecamp Train Wash
While commuters between Miami and West Palm Beach have enjoyed Brightline passenger rail service since...
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![Norfolk Southern’s Saluda Grade](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TRN032823-TT-Saluda_V3655_JW.00_00_15_24.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
Norfolk Southern’s Saluda Grade
The famous Saluda grade in western North Carolina has seen its last train. Railbanked in...
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![Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Heisler No. 3](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TRN031223-TP-TT-Oregon-Coast-Scenic-Railroad-Heisler-Debut_V3636_JW.00_00_27_25.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Heisler No. 3
In October of 2022, restored former Craig Mountain Lumber Co. 2-truck Heisler steam locomotive No....
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![Canadian Pacific in the Rocky Mountains](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TRN031623-TP-TT-CPinRckyMtns_V3639_JW.00_00_20_23.Still002-copy-400x240.png)
Canadian Pacific in the Rocky Mountains
Even as news of the impending mega-merger of CP and KCS operations continues to break,...
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![Conrail Retrospective](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TRN030323-TP-TT-Conrail_V3635.Still002-copy-400x240.png)
Conrail Retrospective
Big Blue diesel locomotives were ubiquitous for those living in the Northeast and upper Midwest...
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![Reading & Northern Santa Trains in Pennsylvania](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TRN-TP-TT-021423-RN-425-Santa-Trains_V3645_JW-400x240.png)
Reading & Northern Santa Trains in Pennsylvania
In December 2022, near Tamaqua, Pa., it’s no surprise the Reading & Northern Santa Trains...
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![East Broad Top No. 16 Debut](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TRN022322-TP-TT-EBT16Debut_V3646_JW.00_00_04_18.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
East Broad Top No. 16 Debut
Leaving Orbisonia, Pa., on a rainy day in February 2023, EBT steam locomotive No. 16...
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![Santa Maria Valley No. 205 at Work](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TRN020123-TP-TT-SMV205-Freight_V3634_JW.00_00_10_06.Still002-400x240.png)
Santa Maria Valley No. 205 at Work
Newly restored Santa Maria Valley 2-6-2 number 205 is under steam at the Albany and...
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![Soo Line No. 1003 Photo Special](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TRN-020823-Soo-1003_V3585_JW.00_04_44_05.Still001-copy-400x240.png)
Soo Line No. 1003 Photo Special
In coordination with the Kalmbach Media sponsored TrainFest hobby show in Milwaukee, Wisc., the Steam...
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![Union Pacific Silvis Donation Special](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TRN010323-TT-UP-Silvis-Donation-Special_V3601_JW-400x240.png)
Union Pacific Silvis Donation Special
In November 2022, a special train left Cheyenne, Wyo., bound for the Railroading Heritage of...
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![Steam in the snow](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TRN120922_TP_TT_SteamintheSnow_V3586-400x240.png)
Steam in the snow
There's just something special about witnessing steam trains working through winter weather. Watching as huge...
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![Western Maryland Scenic Railroad hosts massive steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TRN112222_Tp_TT_WMSR1309FallPhotoSpecial_V3599-400x240.png)
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad hosts massive steam locomotive
In November 2022, Trains Magazine hosted their second photo special of the year on the...
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![Rotary snowplow clears Cumbres Pass](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/TRN121522-TT-CTS-Rotary_V3598-400x240.png)
Rotary snowplow clears Cumbres Pass
Of all the forces that can bring trains to a halt, snow has to be...
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![Operation Sergeant Santa](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/TRN122122-TT-Sgt-Santa_V3598-400x240.png)
Operation Sergeant Santa
The Military Railroad Society, a 501 C3 not for profit organization, returns to provide military families,...
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![CSX Santa Train returns to the rails](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/TDC121222_TRN_TP_TT_CSXSantaTrain_V3586-400x240.png)
CSX Santa Train returns to the rails
It began as a simple act of generosity to the folks of the Appalachian coalmining...
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![Montana Rail Link Requiem](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/TDC102822_MRL_V3596.mp4.00_04_27_39.Still002-copy-400x240.png)
Montana Rail Link Requiem
Montana Rail Link, for all intents and purposes, is over. Simply awaiting STB approval before...
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