An inbound CTA Purple Line train passes through Chicago’s Lincoln Park area in October. The CTA has approved contracts for a major reconstruction of the Red and Purple lines north of this location. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — The Chicago Transit Authority board of directors on Wednesday approved more than a billion dollars in contracts […]
Interior of the recently re-opened Cincinnati Union Terminal. David T. Rohdenburg The year 2018 was significant for some of the grandes dames of America’s railroad past, present and future. CINCINNATI In Cincinnati, the art deco masterpiece Union Terminal reopened after a 30-month, $228-million restoration project. The building is home to several museums and is a […]
UP steam shop crew places the front engine under Big Boy No. 4014 on Dec. 11. R.T. Burnham CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 is feeling like at least half of its old self today. Photos published on Facebook news groups showed Union Pacific steam shop crews on Tuesday lifting the smokebox and […]
Union Pacific No. 4141, shown in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2008, is reportedly on its way to the Chicago area. Steve Schmollinger OMAHA, Neb. — The locomotive and baggage car from George H.W. Bush’s funeral train have ended their display in Omaha, and the locomotive is now reportedly heading to the Chicago area. Union Pacific […]
Jim Shaughnessy MADISON, Wis. – They were innovators in a medium that resisted change. One captured the change from steam to diesel then kept right on going, the other offered a new vision in the emerging diesel era. They were Jim Shaughnessy and John Gruber, giants of railroad photography who we lost in 2018. Jim […]
Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SD40T-2 tunnel motor News & Products for the week of December 13, 2018 HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 diesel locomotive. Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern Pacific (speed lettering with D&RGW reporting marks in two road numbers, Roman lettering in four numbers), St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt), and Union […]
NEW YORK — The spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading to most of the Class I railroad systems is both an opportunity and a risk for short line and regional railroads. The opportunity, short line executives say, is that Class I railroads focus more on carload traffic, provide service that’s more consistent and reliable, and spin […]
A crowd gathers near Spring, Texas, to watch the passing of President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train on Dec. 6, 2018. The locomotive and car that carried the president’s remains are now on display in Omaha. Matthew Holman OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is placing the locomotive that led President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train, […]
Watch the Union Pacific funeral train for George H.W. Bush as it crosses Texas. You’ll see SD70ACe No. 4141, painted and lettered for our 41st president, do the honors while thousands of people line the tracks to pay their respects. […]
Watch the Union Pacific funeral train for George H.W. Bush as it crosses Texas. You’ll see SD70ACe No. 4141, painted and lettered for our 41st president, do the honors while thousands of people line the tracks to pay their respects. […]
Bush’s casket on board UP’s Council Bluffs passenger car. CNN screen capture Presidential seal on rear of UP office car Kenefick. CNN screen capture UP No. 4141 waits to depart Spring, Texas. CNN screen capture SPRING, Texas — Capping days of services and events marking the passing of the 41st President of the United States, […]
Crowds greet the George H.W. Bush funeral train in Navasota, Texas, on its journey Thursday from Spring, Texas, to College Station. Bush was buried alongside his wife and daughter Thursday at his presidential library on the campus of Texas A&M in College Station. Zach Pumphery In Spring, Texas, the casket of President George H.W. Bush […]
