Union Pacific GP38-2 No. 648 switches customers on an industrial spur in New Berlin, Wis. The engine, built for Missouri Pacific in 1977, may no longer head road freights, but performs meaningful work nonetheless, providing service to local warehouses and factories. Photo by Matt Van Hattem […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Tickets are now on sale for a one-way Union Pacific excursion from Denver to Cheyenne on July 20 pulled by the railroad’s E9 locomotives. The trip, sponsored by the Sherman Hill Model Railroad Club, is a ferry move to return the locomotives and equipment to Cheyenne after the Denver-Cheyenne round trip Denver Post […]
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Canadian National grain train G884 heads back east with three CSX locomotives on Jan. 19, 2014. The train is operating on trackage rights over BNSF Railway’s Aurora Subdivision from East Dubuque to Portage, Ill. Photo by Matt Krause […]
BOSTON – In the midst of a multi-million dollar station renovation, MBTA workers have discovered a historic subway sign beneath the streets of Boston, WCVB-TV reports. MBTA is rebuilding the Government Center stop, the interchange between the Blue and Green lines, and last week during the initial teardown workers discovered mosaic sign announcing the station’s […]
Union Pacific moved No. 4014 across the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in November 2013 in anticipation of its move to Wyoming. Jim Wrinn LOS ANGELES — Beginning on Monday, April 28, Trains magazine will live stream Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s 11-day journey from Colton, Calif., to Cheyenne, Wyo. TrainsMag.com registered users will have […]
No. 102 in transit to Winnipeg. Jonathan Lee CHICAGO – Canadian National has repainted E9A No. 102 in a variation of its classic green-and-black 1950s paint scheme. The unit, which was repainted at CN’s Woodcrest Shop in Homewood, is making its debut on a business train inspecting the Winnipeg–Chicago corridor April 16-18, although ES44DCs Nos. 2297 […]
CSX intermodal train Q124 rolls northbound on the main line at Lineville, Ala., as a Herzog ballast train awaits in the siding on Sept. 30, 2011. Photo by Bradley Bates […]
HSP46 No. 2001 being delivered to MBTA. Bob Sprague BOSTON – The first of 40 new MotivePower Inc. HSP46 commuter locomotives will enter service Wednesday for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The first train with the new locomotives, which feature a new MBTA paint scheme, will be No. 213, departing Boston’s North Station at 10:30 […]
Mini-mills provided half of U.S. and Canadian steel-making capacity in 2001. Their decentralized geographic distribution mirrored U.S. population density (with the notable exception of California), and did not work to the benefit of railroads. The remaining integrated mills primarily sold high-quality sheet steel to auto and appliance factories. Railroads included in this map: BNSF Railway; […]
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – A new photo page is showcasing the photography of famed rail photographer J.J. Young Jr. The page features Young’s work in the Binghamton area from 1959 until he moved out of the state. More than 800 black-and-white photos cover railroads such as the Delaware & Hudson, Erie Lackawanna, and Lehigh Valley. The […]
