When the train left, the fun paled

Central of Georgia’s 500-series Consolidations possessed good lines accented by interesting detail: visored headlight, capped stack, serif numerals, striped sandbox, generous cab. Classic Trains collection An alligator crosshead moving back and forth on its greased guides to the dictates of a hot piston rod; the hurried, hollow sighs up the stack as a pair of […]

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Amtrak to increase weekday service to Norfolk NEWSWIRE

Amtrak began serving Norfolk, Va., in December 2012. Fred W. Frailey NORFOLK, Va. – Amtrak will soon offer two weekday departures from Norfolk. Tickets are now available to purchase for travel to and from the waterfront city beginning on March 4. The first Northeast Regional departs Norfolk at 6:15 a.m. every weekday and arrives in […]

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Winston-Salem’s union station renovation almost complete NEWSWIRE

From a station to an auto repair garage and now to a historic preservation project, Winston-Salem Union Station is back to its 1926 appearance. Kevin Gilliam WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A 28-month, $11 million restoration of Winston-Salem’s 1926 union station is nearing completion, an amazing feat for a structure that had been an automobile repair shop […]

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Rock Island South Local

Follow along as the southbound local on Rock Island’s Mid-Continent Route operates from Inver Grove Yard in Minnesota to Armourdale Yard in Kansas City, Kan., and meets a few trains along the way. Video by Michael Armstrong. […]

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Rock Island South Local

Follow along as the southbound local on Rock Island’s Mid-Continent Route operates from Inver Grove Yard in Minnesota to Armourdale Yard in Kansas City, Kan., and meets a few trains along the way. Video by Michael Armstrong. […]

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How’s Amtrak doing in the fight vs. winter? NEWSWIRE

The westbound Empire Builder prepares to leave Minot, N.D. on March 1, 2007. North Dakota has been largely spared of heavy snowfall totals this winter. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Not mentioned in reports of cancelled flights and accident-strewn snowbound highways as a major winter storm moved from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic region last weekend […]

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Brightline/Virgin adds to rush-hour, weekend service NEWSWIRE

A Brightline train heads toward Miami Central station in May 2018. Bob Johnston MIAMI — Beginning this week, travelers commuting between West Palm Beach or Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and downtown Miami have more rush-hour frequencies to choose from. Brightline, now officially known as Virgin Trains USA, on Wednesday supplemented its near-hourly weekday schedule with an […]

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