At frosty Higgins, Texas, on the Santa Fe, author Metzger’s crane parts sit sidetracked as SD40-2s pass with a freight. Bill Metzger While my hometown Pittsburgh Steelers were playing the Seattle Seahawks in the 2007 Super Bowl, I got to thinking about where I was the last time the Steelers won football’s biggest game. It […]
Tom Danneman Trains Art Director Tom Danneman takes you inside Montana Rail Link’s Livingston, Mont., shop for a typical day at the railroads’ main locomotive maintenance facility in “Backstage at Livingston” in Locomotive 2014. Explore the regional’s entire all-EMD roster here and read the intriguing story about Montana Rail Link’s shop in Locomotive 2014. Order your copy now. No. […]
Looking for a safe, pleasant, and fully accessible spot to watch a parade of Union Pacific and BNSF trains? Drew and the MRVP Crew find just the place amidst Illinois cornfields, but not without making an adventure out of their drive from Waukesha, Wis., to Rochelle, Ill. While en route, Drew encounters trains dashing to/from […]
Looking for a safe, pleasant, and fully accessible spot to watch a parade of Union Pacific and BNSF trains? Drew and the MRVP Crew find just the place amidst Illinois cornfields, but not without making an adventure out of their drive from Waukesha, Wis., to Rochelle, Ill. While en route, Drew encounters trains dashing to/from […]
CSX train Q389 crests “Hicksville Hill” near the Ohio-Indiana line on Track 2 as an empty BNSF-powered coal train waits for a crew on Track 1 in March 2014. The bridge has since been removed. Photo by Joe Kohnen […]
A BNSF loaded coal train approaches the Evans Avenue overpass in Denver, Colo., as two empty hopper trains wait to make their way north on Feb. 8, 2014. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
Indiana Northeastern GP30s Nos. 2185 and 2230 approach the Fox Lake Road overpass at Angola, Ind. Steve Smedley Veteran photojournalist Steve Smedley documents the history and operations of shortline Indiana Northeastern, and pays tribute to the line’s hand-me-down GP30s and hard-working railroaders in “Second-generation Sojourn” in Locomotive 2014. Explore the line’s entire all-EMD roster here […]
Canadian National power leads a westbound BNSF grain train through the Columbia River Gorge on April 1, 2013. Photo by David Lassen […]
FULL SCREEN Bob Johnston A 120-car BNSF empty coal train slinks west through a 30-mph speed restriction 10 miles east of Syracuse, Kan., on July 13. Once a raceway for the Super Chief and other streamliners, the Kansas portion of the line was downgraded under the current operating contract to 60 mph maximum passenger speeds […]
And so the epic Drew’s Trackside Adventure to Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota begins! After drawing up plans for this three-state railfan trip, Drew and Trains art director Tom Danneman hit the road for their first stop in Wyoming coal country. MRVP cameras are there as BNSF and Union Pacific coal traffic keeps the rails of the […]
And so the epic Drew’s Trackside Adventure to Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota begins! After drawing up plans for this three-state railfan trip, Drew and Trains art director Tom Danneman hit the road for their first stop in Wyoming coal country. MRVP cameras are there as BNSF and Union Pacific coal traffic keeps the rails of the […]
BNSF Railway C44-9W No. 4956 leads an intermodal train east along the Mississippi River near Galena Junction, Ill., on Oct. 16, 2010. Photo by Steve Bauer […]
