Louisville & Nashville 4-8-2 No. 407 on Cincinnati–Birmingham train 7 passes 2-8-0 No. 1212 on a northbound freight on double track 10 miles south of Louisville in November 1948. C. William Streit photo […]
High-speed steam action
Zone & Region: Midwest
Metra to upgrade Chicago’s LaSalle Street Station NEWSWIRE
CHIAGO — Chicago’s LaSalle Street Station, once a famed major terminal for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and New York Central railroads but now only a bare-bones facility serving Metra commuters, will undergo a $2.95-million renovation, officials announced. On March 26, work will begin to replace the station’s concourse and several pillars, the first […]
Hiawatha departing Milwaukee
A rakish Otto Kuhler–designed observation car brings up the rear of a Hiawatha departing Milwaukee, 85 miles from the end of its Minneapolis–Chicago run. W. A. Akin Jr. photo […]
Action on the Mesabi Range
A Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-2 has hold of a caboose at Rainy Junction, Minn., on the Mesabi Iron Range in August 1950. An Oliver Iron Mining RS2 diesel works in the distance. Henry J. McCord photo […]
Indiana shortline caboose
In southwest Indiana, well-kept caboose 101 brings up the rear of a train on the Algers, Winslow & Western, a 16-mile coal-hauling short line, in May 1952. Ed Theisinger photo […]
Rush hour at North Western Terminal
Two Chicago & North Western Pacific-powered commuter trains (“scoots,” in local parlance) unload passengers at the road’s Windy City passenger terminal in June 1953. Wallace W. Abbey photo […]
Grand Trunk Western steam sounds
Listen to GTW steam audio recordings from Art Weber’s album, Detroit Division, recorded in 1959, accompanied by photos of GTW steam in action. […]
Grand Trunk Western steam sounds
Listen to GTW steam audio recordings from Art Weber’s album, Detroit Division, recorded in 1959, accompanied by photos of GTW steam in action. […]
Two big engines that couldn’t
After a 2-10-2 and 4-8-4 stalled on MoPac’s Kirkwood Hill, an 0-8-0 and caboose couple up to render assistance. Joe Collias Heading west from St. Louis, Missouri Pacific trains faced the 6-mile-long, 1-percent grade known as Kirkwood Hill. Normal train length was 100 cars, powered by one of the rebuilt 2101-class 4-8-4s and led by […]
Metra seeks new locomotives NEWSWIRE
Metra F40PH Nos. 102 and 107 appear at Elmwood Park, Ill. Metra officials look to replace or re-manufacture much of the railroad’s aging motive power fleet. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra, Chicago’s commuter rail agency, plans to order 12 new or 15 re-manufactured locomotives in 2018, and may order dozens more if additional funding […]
Metra paints Rock Island-inspired unit to honor retiring CEO NEWSWIRE
Metra CHICAGO – Metra has painted a MotivePower MP36PH into the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad’s red and yellow livery in honor of CEO and Executive Director Don Orseno who is retiring this month. Orseno is retiring after 44 years in railroading and first worked for the Rock Island in the 1970s. Locomotive No. […]
Video: HO scale Baltimore & Ohio
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John Listerman’s HO scale Baltimore & Ohio model train layout is set in West Virginia in the early 1950s. Check out big steam power rolling through some of the beautiful Appalachian scenery. […]
