A forklift exits one of the New York Central’s distinctive Pacemaker service boxcars at one of the railroad’s freight stations in the late 1940s. NYC photo […]
Unloading a Pacemaker boxcar
Train Topic: Fallen Flags
Conquest II book review
This 345-page tome, known as “Conquest II: Crestline-Ft. Wayne, GR&I, Toledo, Sandusky & Akron Branches” in long form, documents the trackage, plant, and trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad‘s speedway between Crestline, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Ind., along with the Grand Rapids & Indiana line from Fort Wayne to Mackinaw City, Mich.; the Toledo Branch to […]
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad freight trains remembered
Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad all through March 2022. Please enjoy this photo gallery of Lackawanna freight trains selected from the archives of Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western’s main line extended from Hoboken, N. J., northwest through Scranton, Pa., […]
Museum works to save two rare New York Central electric locomotives
GLENMONT, N.Y. — A plan is under way to rescue two historic New York Central electric locomotives stranded for three decades on isolated track along the Hudson River south of Albany. They are threatened by a project to build a factory to manufacture offshore wind-turbine towers to be erected off the coast of Long Island. […]
L&N SD35s and RS3s
Two EMD SD35s and two Alco RS3s lead a freight at Emerling, just west of Loyall in southeast Kentucky in 1968. Ron Flanary photo […]
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western passenger trains
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad is Classic Trains’ railroad of the month for March 2022. Please enjoy this photo gallery highlighting DL&W passenger train images from Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library. This gallery was first published in August 2019. Only from Trains.com! […]
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Bob’s Train Box 79
Bob’s Train Box Episode 79 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Bob’s Train Box Episode 79! Bob Keller and CTT editor Hal Miller check out the latest O gauge holiday boxcar from Atlas O. They also look at buildings from Menards including the Halls of Handsome Barbershop, Cripple Creek Tractor Repair, and Sacred Heart Hospital. The […]
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Bob’s Train Box 79
Bob’s Train Box Episode 79 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Bob’s Train Box Episode 79! Bob Keller and CTT editor Hal Miller check out the latest O gauge holiday boxcar from Atlas O. They also look at buildings from Menards including the Halls of Handsome Barbershop, Cripple Creek Tractor Repair, and Sacred Heart Hospital. The […]
Alan G. Dustin, last president of independent Boston & Maine, dies at 93
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Alan G. “Dusty” Dustin, the last president of the Boston & Maine as an independent entity prior to its purchase by Guilford Industries in 1983, has died. Dustin, who suffered from Parkinson’s Disease, died at age 93 on Feb. 27. A career railroader who began his career as a baggage clerk at […]
Preserved Santa Fe SD45-2 restored to bicentennial scheme
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mid-America Car of Kansas City has completed the cosmetic restoration of former Santa Fe SD45-2 No. 5704 — donated to the Southern California Railroad Museum in Perris, Calif., in 2021 — to the eye-catching bicentennial paint scheme it wore in the mid-1970s. Mid-America’s craftsmen took several months to recreate the appearance […]
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad history remembered
Is there a more dignified railroad name than “Lackawanna?” Certainly, Lackawanna history evokes many images. In the days of steam, the name meant meticulous track supporting well-proportioned, dual-service “Pocono” 4-8-4s, hefty hogs in the form of three-cylinder 4-8-2s and ponderous 2-8-2s, speedy commuter 4-6-2s, and gorgeous 4-6-4s that even long-time Trains Editor David P. Morgan […]
Monticello Railway Museum adds IC switcher to collection
MONTICELLO, Ill. — The Monticello Railway Museum in Central Illinois is adding to its collection with the donation of former Illinois Central SW14 No. 1407. Following a career in private lease service, No. 1407 was graciously donated by GATX Locomotive Group. The unit, now GMTX No. 526, is currently stored in Lexington, Ky. No. 1407 […]
