Fall 2017

At a time when most rail photographers were taking static “engine pictures,” one man was capturing the dynamic scene in the Railroad Capital

My stint as “wire chief” at LAUPT was at a time of transition for telegraphy and train orders, as well as passenger trains

Recently discovered transit and passenger-train designs suggest a path Electro-Motive chose not to take

Two views, from 1948 and 1949, of the Fort Street roundhouse area

50 years ago, the merger of two longtime rivals formed the Seaboard Coast Line

Watch video clips of Seaboard Coast Line trains in action in Florida.

A 10-year-old Wisconsin boy absorbs the details of the railroad, and becomes aware of the big changes in his world

Several railroads maintained facilities around New York Harbor that were reached only by carfloat

Jacksonville, Ill., was home during my mid-’60s college years

Boyhood exposure to trains in the New York area planted a seed that grew into a railroad career