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From Texas to Valley Forge for the 1957 National Jamboree
Editors Note: Tour 904 was made up of Scouts from El Paso, Midland, Abilene, and East Texas. The train carried 576 passengers with two baggage cars, one baggage dormitory car, and eleven coaches supplied by the Texas & Pacific Railroad. It arrived at Port Kennedy, Pa., adjacent to Valley Forge State Park, on Thursday, July […]
Online Video Extra: Dick Wallin’s Illinois Central Steam
In our Summer issue, R. R. “Dick” Wallin recalls several cab rides on Illinois Central steam engines. See clips of Wallin’s 8mm color movies from those rides. […]
Classic Trains, Spring 2007
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Classic Trains, Winter 2006
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T-1 Construction Photos
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Classic Trains, Fall 2006
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Online extra: Jacksonville Terminal train chart
Daily trains in and out of Jacksonville Terminal, 1946. Reprinted from June 1978 Trains magazine. Jacksonville Terminal DOWNLOAD […]
Classic Trains, Summer 2006
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Steam locomotive profile: 0-4-0
Baltimore & Ohio constructed this replica of the 0-4-0 Tom Thumb, its first steam locomotive. The original Tom Thumb was built in New York by inventor Peter Cooper, and made a successful first trip on August 25, 1830, when it pushed an open car hauling 18 passengers from Baltimore to Ellicott’s Mills. Early four-coupled locomotives […]
Steam locomotive profile: 0-6-0
Rock Island switcher No. 283 was one of ten USRA 0-6-0s delivered to the railroad in 1919. W. Krambeck The 0-6-0 began life as a road engine in the late 1830s but was built only in limited numbers. Like the 0-4-0, the 0-6-0 could not easily traverse the poor track of the day, and within […]
Steam locomotive profile: 0-8-0
Norfolk & Western 0-8-0 switcher No. 244 holds the distinction of being the last U.S. reciprocating steam locomotive built for an American Class 1 railroad. It was the final steam engine to emerge from N&W’s Roanoke Shops, delivered to the railroad in December 1953. Norfolk & Western The first 0-8-0 was built in 1844 by […]
