Join us for an interview with two experts on the tunnel district of the Southern Railway line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga, Tenn. Learn more about the abandoned tunnels in the woods of Kentucky. Find out just how difficult it is to see these relics of the steam era. […]
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Norfolk Southern’s Rat Hole
Join us for an interview with two experts on the tunnel district of the Southern Railway line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga, Tenn. Learn more about the abandoned tunnels in the woods of Kentucky. Find out just how difficult it is to see these relics of the steam era. […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures, Episode 9 – Tower A2 in Chicago
In part 2 of Drew’s trip to Chicago, he visits two towers along Metra’s former Milwaukee Road lines – A5 and A2. In this video, Drew gives you a close-up look inside the towers, and you get to meet the people who run these busy railroad junction points. […]
Nickel Plate yard at Frankfort, Ind.
Looking west at Frankfort, Ind., in 1944, we see the westbound yard with its east-end ladder angling off to the right, and in the distance the eastbound yard’s east ladder running the other way. Beyond the east yard ladder are the icing platform and the ice plant. Jay Williams photo […]
Inside Nickel Plate’s Conneaut roundhouse
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. […]
Member video: Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate
Follow Train DMSW-08 as it pulls two empties from Beisser Lumber in Grimes on the Iowa Interstate’s Grimes Industrial Track. James McNab shot this video on his HO scale Iowa Interstate model railroad. See more of this modern-era model railroad, including a track plan, in Model Railroad Planning 2014! […]
Member video: Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate
Follow Train DMSW-08 as it pulls two empties from Beisser Lumber in Grimes on the Iowa Interstate’s Grimes Industrial Track. James McNab shot this video on his HO scale Iowa Interstate model railroad. See more of this modern-era model railroad, including a track plan, in Model Railroad Planning 2014! […]
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! […]
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! […]
Carthage, Knightstown & Shirley shuts down NEWSWIRE
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. – The Carthage, Knightstown & Shirley Railroad has shut down, at least for now. The 5-mile line between Knightstown and Carthage is part of a former New York Central secondary line that ran south from Michigan to Louisville, Ky. The railroad hauled freight for a time, but once the former Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh-Indianapolis […]
