In the Nickel Plate Road’s roundhouse at Conneaut, Ohio — one of the last citadels of high-speed steam freight locomotives — Berkshire 731 and another engine rest on March 16, 1957. Classic Trains coll. […]
Inside Nickel Plate’s Conneaut roundhouse
Section: Railroads
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 […]
An underrated diesel
Once a proud hauler of crack passenger trains and fast freights as a DL109 diesel locomotive, New Haven test vehicle PP 716 languishes in Boston in 1968, awaiting its fate: the scrapper’s torch. Bruce Beardsley If Alco’s famous PA diesel is perhaps a bit overrated, as implied in the January 2004 issue of Trains magazine, then the […]
Perspective play
Three Fort Worth & Western Railroad locomotives line up in an accidental perspective shot at Cresson, Texas, on May 30, 2013. Photo by Steve Sweeney […]
Historic Union Pacific Big Boy photos
FULL SCREEN Jim Shaughnessy The front half of Big Boy No. 4005 forms a wall of steel above a hostler at the Laramie, Wyo., engine terminal in August 1957. FULL SCREEN Jim Shaughnessy Battling up Sherman Hill, Big Boy No. 4011 exits the north tunnel at Hermosa, Wyo., with an eastbound freight in August 1957. […]
Richard Steinheimer’s Cajon Pass
Still the greatest show on earth: What’s changed on Cajon Pass since Trains magazine published Richard Steinheimer’s “Cajon Pass Revisited” in September 1974? Just about everything! Except the drama. In Locomotive 2013, authors David Styffe and Greg McDonnell look back at the classic Steinheimer photos and revisit Cajon today, as exciting a place as ever […]
Video: Illinois Railway Museum’s 2013 Diesel Parade
Only a few railroads or museums can boast of having operating cab units working on their property. Illinois Railway Museum easily tops them all with Fs, Es, stainless, freight, passenger, and executive cab cousins gathered in tiny Union, Ill. Check out some footage in the video below, showing the museum’s annual Diesel Parade held in […]
Photo Gallery: Inside Progress Rail’s New Locomotive-Building Plant
Locomotive Editor Greg McDonnell shows readers behind-the-scenes at Progress Rail’s Muncie, Ind., assembly plant. Muncie produces locomotives for both domestic and export markets, including these GT38ACs and SD70ACEs for Australia, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates. Read about the plant in “Made in Muncie” in Locomotive 2013. Order your copy now! FULL SCREEN Greg McDonnell […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures, Episode 8 -Western Ave., Chicago
Drew’s off to Chicago this time to catch up with Metra, Chicago’s commuter rail system. After doing some railfanning with Steve Sweeney of Trains magazine at the busy Western Avenue Station, Drew and the crew are off to tour Metra’s shops. Is there a Metra-themed project railroad in our future? Time will tell! […]
History According to Hediger: Riding the Auto-Train
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Planes, trains, automobiles, and even a tornado, this episode has it all! Jim recounts his trip to Florida in the 1970s on the then-new Auto-Train, but half the adventure proved to be just getting to the station! Related Topics: history according to hediger […]
Pinch hitter
Amtrak Dash-8 No. 512 substitutes for the regular P42 on the Pennsylvanian at Lancaster, Pa., on April 21, 2013. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart […]
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 […]
