Railroads Archives - Page 179 of 283

‘Phoebe Snow’ crossing the Delaware

Two E8 diesels lead the Phoebe Snow, the maroon, gray, and yellow pride of the Lackawanna Railroad, westbound across the Delaware River at Slateford Junction, Pa., in the 1950s. S. K. Bolton photo […]

PRR in the New York area

This bird’s-eye view map from the April 1946 issue of Trains magazine shows the Pennsylvania’s extensive facilities in the New York area in the mid-1940s. Linn H. Westcott photo […]

Biplanes and an E3

Two biplanes trailing smoke accent a 1939 publicity photo of Florida East Coast’s Jacksonville–Miami Henry M. Flagler, named for the road’s founder. E3 No. 1001, emblazoned with the train’s name, was FEC’s first diesel. FEC photo […]

Clinchfield Challenger

A Clinchfield Railroad 4-6-6-4 gets under way with a long string of northbound coal hoppers at Ridge, N.C., in 1952. Floyd A. Bruner photo […]

Low-numbered Pennsy engine

Pennsylvania class L1 Mikado No. 26, trailing an additional tender for extra water capacity, heads a train of empty coal hoppers west out of Renovo, Pa., in September 1955. Under PRR’s unorthodox numbering system, the 574-member L1 fleet ranged from No. 2 to No. 8636. Philip R. Hastings photo […]

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – 20th Ave & Dravus

An orange-painted locomotive on a freight train on a curve on a well sunlit day.

Drew Halverson flips the script when he heads to the Pacific Northwest for a little R&R. Of course, Charlie Conway hosts Drew around Northern Puget Sound, Seattle, Wash., and then a quick stop to catch the railroad action at BNSF’s Balmer Yard. […]

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Columbia Gorge: Where East meets West

An orange-painted locomotive bathed in low angle sunlight with rugged mountains and a river in the background.

Charlie Conway and Tom Danneman launch into their exploration of the Columbia River Gorge. In addition to capturing images of spectacular scenery and engineering, the two find plenty of Union Pacific and BNSF freight trains snaking along the curvaceous riverfront main line. […]

Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – The Toledo Hauler

Close-up image of an orange-painted diesel locomotive on a trestle.

Globetrotter Charlie Conway is back in the Pacific Northwest chasing trains with Tom Danneman, the Art Director for Model Railroader and Trains magazines. For this Postcard to pal Drew, the duo opted for a slow and steady trackside “pursuit” near Toledo, Ore., deep into rainy, coastal mountain terrain. […]

B&O’s Keyser tower

The former Baltimore & Ohio tower at Keyser, W.Va., seen here in 2004 under CSX ownership, was a classic “armstrong” mechanical interlocking plant. The pipes travel along the tracks, where levers and cranks transfer the motion to switches, locks, and derails. Concrete pedestals support the pipe lines and other hardware. Historic American Engineering Record photo […]

Amtrak equipment usage

Amtrak’s ‘Empire Builder’s consist will vary, but the number of trainsets for a route depends on schedules. Here it is westbound in June at Duplainville, Wis. Steve Sweeney Q For the past few years I have been trying to figure out how many trainsets are needed for a given train such as the Empire Builder. […]

Pittsburgh PCCs

In the 1950s, two Pittsburgh Railways PCC streetcars have left downtown, crossed the Monongahela River on the Smithfield Bridge, passed the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie depot, and are heading up into the South Hills tunnel. Linn H. Westcott photo […]