Railroading Archives - Page 39 of 40

C&NW steam and diesel action

Watch video clips of Chicago & North Western steam and diesel trains in action, from the Herron Rail Video collection. […]

CN and GTW streamlined 4-8-4’s in action

Watch video clips of Canadian National and Grand Trunk Western streamlined 4-8-4’s in action. Footage is from the DVD programs Canadian Steam, Vol. 1, and Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western, produced by Herron Rail Video. […]

Pacific Electric Red Cars in action

Watch video clips of Pacific Electric Red Cars in action at Dominguez Junction and other locations on the Los Angeles–Long Beach line. Footage is from the DVD program Pacific Electric: Remembering the Red Cars, Vol. 1, available from Transit Gloria Mundi. […]

Pennsy and Santa Fe 2-10-4’s in Ohio

Watch video clips of Pennsy and Santa Fe 2-10-4’s from the Herron Rail Video program “Pennsylvania Glory, Part 2.” The PRR leased 12 5011-class engines from Santa Fe in summer 1956 for use on the Columbus-Sandusky line, where they worked beside PRR’s own J1’s. The Fall 2010 issue of Classic Trains features a study of […]

Video Extra: Union Pacific turbine and diesel action in the 1960s

Yellow locomotive on freight train in yard

View three video clips of gas turbines and diesels in action on UP’s Overland Route main line across Wyoming in the 1960s. These clips are from Herron Rail Video’s DVD program “Rails West,” featuring the films of Donald J. Krofta. Diesels and Turbines at Green River Passenger at Laramie Turbine East from Laramie […]