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Section: Railroading
North Shore Line action
Watch color films of North Shore Line trains, excerpted from the DVD program The North Shore Brought to Life, produced by Sunday River Productions. […]
Big South Fork Scenic Railway in action
The Big South Fork Scenic Railway is a tourist line in Stearns, Ky., and formerly the Kentucky & Tennessee Railway. Editor Jim Wrinn visited and spoke with railroad personnel, Becki Egnew and Bill Johnson. They told him about the steam engine their working to restore and the history of the K&T. Check out this exclusive video […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 4 – Montana
Drew Halverson and Tom Danneman take to the road to do some serious railfanning in Montana, and they bring you along for some great scenery and impressive trains. Drew and Tom also provide an assortment of great modeling tips. […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures, Episode 3
Drew Halverson and Ben Lake are back on the road again, this time to downtown Milwaukee. In this video they catch loads of trains on the Canadian Pacific, including a Milwaukee Road bandit! […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures, Episode 2
Drew’s back in his second installment. This time Drew chases some trains on the Canadian National, and he pays a visit to the Chicago & North Western’s former Bug Line. […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures, Episode 1 – Chasing the Canadian National in Waukesha
Drew Halverson is a graphic designer for Model Railroader and Trains magazines, and he is also an excellent railroad photographer. On Drew’s Trackside Adventures, associate editor Ben Lake follows Drew to some of his favorite train watching spots to see some great railroading action. Along the way, Drew shares tips for being a good railfan, […]
Union Pacific Big Boys and Challengers in action
Watch some of the 16mm films of Big Boys and Challengers Stan Kistler took during his 1956 trip, excerpted from the DVD program Union Pacific Classic Collectors’ Series, produced by Pentrex. […]
America’s newest roundhouse
Former regional railroad owner Jerry Joe Jacobson built a private, 18-stall roundhouse he calls the “Age of Steam” in Sugarcreek, Ohio, to house his collection of a dozen locomotives. The complex includes a boiler wash track, offices, a backshop, machine shop, store house, water tank, and water column. Enjoy this short video, and be sure […]
Intermodal crane at work
Ever wonder how the UPS and FedEx Ground packages you ship travel across the country? They go by train. And in the December 2012 issue of Trains magazine, we take you inside one of the top railroad intermodal yards for FedEx and UPS Ground shipments: BNSF Railway’s Willow Springs terminal outside Chicago. We spent 24 […]
CB&Q 5632 on a fantrip
Watch a video clip of CB&Q O-5 No. 5632 on a fantrip out of Chicago from the DVD program Reflections of American Railroading, produced by Herron Rail Video. […]
Steam and diesel on Santa Fe’s Surf Line
Watch a video clip of Santa Fe E1’s on a San Diegan meeting a 4-6-2 with the former Valley Flyer train from the DVD program Glory Machines, Vol. 1, produced by Herron Rail Video. […]
