LAS VEGAS – Railroad wheels wear over time. When they do, they affect the performance and reliability of the freight or passenger car or locomotive that they help carry down the tracks. Gordon Bachinsky, founder of Wheel Rail Seminars and the Wheel Rail Interaction conference lays out the basics for Trains‘ Steve Sweeney with model […]
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Museum unveils Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia-painted GP38 NEWSWIRE
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is preserving a piece of southern shortline railroading history with the unveiling of its newly restored Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway EMD GP38 No. 80. The blue-and-yellow-painted high-nose GP38 was posed outside of the railroad’s Soule Shops over the weekend. “TAG 80 has […]
Auxiliary tenders
Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 on a Norfolk Southern excursion carries 10,000 gallons of water in its tender and an additional 12,500 gallons in its auxiliary tender to negate the need for additional water between stops. Allyson Praytor Q I saw a television show where steam locomotives were operating with two tenders instead of just […]
CSX preserves a Louisville & Nashville office car tradition NEWSWIRE
L&N EMD FP7 No. 667 idle near Louisville Union Station in Louisville, Ky., with a Kentucky Derby special in May 1966. Tom Smart Photo, courtesy Dan Dover and the L&N Historical Society LOUISVILLE, Ky. – One of the world’s most lavish annual sports traditions will bring VIP guests, policymakers, and leaders from all across the […]
Team to restore a ‘Dixie’ 4-8-4 NEWSWIRE
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576 Trains: Jim Wrinn NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the rarest members of “the greatest generation” of modern American steam has languished in a Nashville park for more than six decades. Multiple efforts to bring it back to life have come and gone. Now, though, steam buffs hope […]
Railroad Reading: Blue-chip investment
The cover of Yanosey’s first Lehigh Valley book, one of Morning Sun’s early titles. Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the August 2006 issue of Trains Magazine in the “Railroad Reading” section. Recently one of my authors at Morning Sun, who is writing a Lehigh Valley book, came here and immediately stated, “I didn’t […]
Amtrak’s printed timetable days are finished NEWSWIRE
Amtrak’s last printed time table. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Although it will continue to be available as a downloadable file from Amtrak’s website, the national timetable with every train on every route at every station — and all of the Amtrak Thruway bus connections — will no longer be printed. In a statement released this […]
Prince, W.Va., loses Amtrak station agent NEWSWIRE
An empty coal train rolls by the 1946-built Prince, W.Va., station while three passengers wait for the arrival of Amtrak Cardinal No. 51 in Prince in February 2012. Chase Gunnoe PRINCE, W.Va. — A popular train station among railroad enthusiasts in southern West Virginia will no longer be staffed by an Amtrak ticket agent, the […]
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VIA reverses decision on ‘Park’ car access NEWSWIRE
A Prestige class “Park” car brings up the rear of a westbound Canadian in November 2014, at Jasper, Alberta. Bob Johnston Passengers relax in the Park car’s bullet lounge. VIA Rail Canada briefly restricted access to Canadian passengers who paid for service less than the railroad’s top, Prestige, class. Bob Johnston VANCOUVER, B.C. — VIA […]
Colorado tourist line up for sale NEWSWIRE
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 […]
