Fall 2018

Between 1959 and ’64, surplus 4-8-4s and idle commuter coaches criss-crossed southeastern Pennsylvania on a series of remarkable excursions

See more photos of Nos. 2100, 2102, and 2124 on the Reading’s Iron Horse Rambles.

The American Steel Foundries’ test train helped advance the science of running-gear design

After hiring on in 1974, I witnessed many changes, highlighted by the company’s first new cars and locomotives

A USRA heavy Mikado labors toward a famous California summit, circa late 1940s

Unique in profile and sound, this switcher model found many buyers during its 15 years of production

How mismanagement froze up Santa Fe’s main line during a 1978 Illinois blizzard

A transcontinental train trip was the perfect graduation present

In the late 1950s, New York Central looked to high-capacity sleeping cars in a final effort to bolster its fast-fading long-haul passenger trade

A move to New York Central territory widened my horizons and led to employment on the “Road to the Future”

See more of Chris Burger’s photos from his time on NYC’s Harlem and Hudson divisions.