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By: Dan Cupper ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. — The non-profit that owns the East Broad Top Railroad in Pennsylvania is looking to acquire a few standard-gauge freight cars, to be used to show how the narrow gauge line handled standard gauge cars using special transfer trucks and cast-aluminum coupler adapters. “We’re looking to replicate the post-World […]
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board took a victory lap last week over the implementation of positive train control, the landmark safety system that it first recommended after the head-on collision of two Penn Central commuter trains in 1969. “Over the next five decades we investigated one crash after another that could have been […]
More Monday morning rail news: Avon, Colo., officials approve paying half of fees for legal challenges to Tennessee Pass plan Officials in Avon, Colo., have agreed to having the town of 6,500 pay half the fees to any legal challenge to a plan to revive rail service over Tennessee Pass. The Vail Daily reports Eagle […]
Colorado’s magnificent Georgetown Loop Railroad rebuilt a unique caboose in 2020. One of a small number of surviving Rio Grande cabooses with eight wheels, the Loop’s caboose adds a new element to this spectacular railroad. Join us for a ride with the man who headed up the restoration. […]
Florida has standard gauge steam once more. U.S. Sugar has restored 4-6-2 No. 148 for special events and a future tourist railroad. The locomotive helped to kickoff the sugarcane harvest. Let’s visit this graceful locomotive on the railroad where it worked for many years. […]
One of the big three of geared steam power, the Heisler was a favorite of loggers and miners from the late 1800s through the 1940s. Propelled by two cylinders powering a crankshaft running under the locomotive, the Heisler provided power and more speed than its competitors, the Shay and the Climax. We’ll look at […]
Join us in Hill City, S.D., for one a visit to one of the nation’s best state railroad museums. Housed in an enginehouse-like building next to the Black Hills Central tourist railroad, the South Dakota Railroad Museum tells the story of the Mount Rushmore State’s railroads. Executive Director Rick Mills gives us a tour of […]
The Black Hills Central tourist railroad operated a doubleheader with its two Baldwin tank engines in October 2020. This was the first time these 1920s brutes joined forces to pull a train on this mountainous railroad. Join us for a look trackside and a ride along. […]
Amtrak alters schedules south of Washington on Jan. 19-20 Amtrak will not operate Northeast Regional service south of Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19-20, because of travel restrictions stemming from the Presidential inauguration. Also, the Carolinian will only operate between Raleigh and Charlotte on those dates. An Amtrak advisory also informs passengers to allow extra time […]
Saturday rail news: FTA releases final environmental statement, record of decision for SEPTA King of Prussia project The Federal Transit Administration has identified the preferred route for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s planned extension to King of Prussia, Pa., as part of a combined Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for the 3.5-mile […]
Join Trains on a locomotive-studded tour of CSX Transportation — the blue and gold railroad — along with predecessors. Trains honored CSX with a full-length DVD in 2020. This segment from the DVD features an overview of CSX and a history of the railroad and predecessors. Only from Trains.com! […]
You got it. Railroads covered most of the country with branches, and sidings and house tracks, where one and two car loads of freight could be loaded or unloaded. The local brought coal for the school boilers, fuel for the local distributor, and carried away raw materials that fed industry, and hauled off […]
