Fall 2021

As the North Western’s “goodwill ambassador,” Ten-Wheeler 1385 thrilled thousands in the 1980s

A Rock Island engineer finds refuge — and a different style of railroading — on the Cotton Belt

Straddling the Virginia-Tennessee state line, Bristol was a showcase of steam and classic diesels in the late 1950s

The massive Hell Gate Bridge was a towering stage for Penn Central and Amtrak action in the 1970s

The Milwaukee’s 89-foot, 266-ton electrics were more than just brawny freight haulers

B&M steam and diesel trains at White River Junction, Vt.

When the past masqueraded as the future in the cabs of two early Amtrak trains

An admirer of Fairbanks-Morse locomotives encounters them south of the border