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One thousand ‘Trains’ Magazine covers down!

Trains Magazine covers Whether past or present — staff, correspondents, and contributors — were asked to submit one of their favorite covers since the magazine’s inception in November 1940 — 84 years of railroading history in the making. This is what they came up with and why. If there is a particular cover you like, […]

Soo Line Mikado 1003

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Baltimore & Ohio Geep

A blue-and-yellow Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive is seen in 3/4 angle

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Dead (brake)men tell no tales

A row of ropes hang from a crossbar on a telltale in front of a covered railroad bridge in a snowy landscape in Vermont

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Indiana Northeastern Railroad photo gallery

Indiana Northeastern Railroad The Indiana Northeastern Railroad is a shortline railroad running in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. It is owned and operated by a close-knit family and friendly employees. The railroad has an all-Electro-Motive Division locomotive roster, which is maintained in a state-of-the-art shop at Hudson, Ind. The shop forces have rebuilt several of the […]

Cereal transporter

A dark blue switch engine pulls a boxcar past a cluster of tanks and silos

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Lackawanna MUs

A six-car Erie Lackawanna electrified passenger train rolls under wire

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A railroad study in snow

Black and white photo of rotary snow plow blades. A study in snow.

A railroad study in snow On Jan. 15, 1885, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, a farmer from Jericho, Vt., became the first person to successfully photograph a single snow crystal — a snowflake. Bentley, in his study of snow, went on to capture images of more than 5,000 individual snowflakes, finding that, in fact, no two were […]