Nickel Plate yard at Frankfort, Ind.

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Looking west at Frankfort, Ind., in 1944, we see the westbound yard with its east-end ladder angling off to the right, and in the distance the eastbound yard’s east ladder running the other way. Beyond the east yard ladder are the icing platform and the ice plant. Jay Williams photo […]

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A minor adjustment, please

On May 29, 1961, engineer Walter Good tightens the spark arrestor on Cass Shay No. 1 after the engine started a brush fire. The railroad was in transition at the time from logging railroad to tourist attraction. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by John P. Killoran […]

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Industrial legacy

Amtrak AEM-7 No. 907 rolls north at Marcus Hook, Pa., about 15 miles south of Philadelphia on the Northeast Corridor, on April 7, 2013. The train is passing through the industrial landscape typical of the Northeast. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart […]

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Tightening up before taking off

  The crew of Cass Scenic Railroad Shay No. 4 attaches the spark arrester to the diamond stack before the day’s run in the early 1970s. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by J.J. Young Jr. […]

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Flying high

A southbound grain train flies through Sidney, Ohio, on an elevated right-of-way built by predecessor Baltimore & Ohio, on May 10, 2012. The train is crossing Ohio Route 47 on the west side of downtown. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]

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Searchlight sentinels

  This hot eastbound BNSF Railway “Z train” is seen near Bucklin, Mo., on July 28, 2013. The searchlight signals are a hallmark of the former Santa Fe route. Photo by Russell J. Lyon […]

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Cass Scenic before it was a state park

  Shay No. 4 of the Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat and Bald Knob Scenic Railroad backs between switchbacks on the railroad in transition from logging railroad to tourist line. Today this is the Cass Scenic Railroad, and it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2013. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 […]

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Cass before it was Cass

  With Cass Shay No. 4 lettered for the scrapper that was dismantling the railroad, a governor’s special visits the wye located at Camp One on Bald Knob on April 23, 1961. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by John P. Killoran […]

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High-flying

  VIA Rail Canada F40PH-2s Nos. 6410 & 6408 lead the eastbound Chaleur just west of St. Thérèse de Gaspé, Quebec, on June 28, 2008. Photo by Thomas Mik […]

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