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![Heisler geared steam locomotives in operation today (2020)](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_Heisler_Locomotive_Profile_Video-400x394.png)
Heisler geared steam locomotives in operation today (2020)
One of the big three of geared steam power, the Heisler was a favorite...
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![South Dakota Railroad Museum 2020 tour](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_South_Dakota_Railroad_Museum_Tour_2020-400x405.png)
South Dakota Railroad Museum 2020 tour
Join us in Hill City, S.D., for one a visit to one of the nation’s...
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![Black Hills Central Railroad steam powered double-header](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_Black_Hills_Central_Double-header-400x348.png)
Black Hills Central Railroad steam powered double-header
The Black Hills Central tourist railroad operated a doubleheader with its two Baldwin tank engines...
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![Strasburg Rail Road at 60](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_Strasburg_60_Trains_Presents-400x370.png)
Strasburg Rail Road at 60
One of the nation’s iconic tourist railroads, Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road, reached a major milestone...
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![CSX history including predecessors](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_CSX_History_DVD_video-400x375.png)
CSX history including predecessors
Join Trains on a locomotive-studded tour of CSX Transportation — the blue and gold...
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![Short Line Railroads](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_short_railway.png)
Short Line Railroads
You got it. Railroads covered most of the country with branches, and sidings...
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![Rochelle, Ill. — a Midwest railroad hotspot for train watching](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_Rochelle_Illinois_HotSpot_video-400x366.png)
Rochelle, Ill. — a Midwest railroad hotspot for train watching
Join Trains editors on a short tour of the best parts of Rochelle, Ill., for...
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![Intermodal and the Long-Haul Market](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_intermodal_containers.png)
Intermodal and the Long-Haul Market
Yes it is, Brian. In fact, intermodal passed coal in 2013 as railroads’...
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![Burlington Northern and the Grain Industry](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_grain.png)
Burlington Northern and the Grain Industry
Sure thing, Angela. Since the Baltimore & Ohio began hauling flour from Ellicott’s...
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![Steel: a Critical Building Block](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_steel_0115.png)
Steel: a Critical Building Block
For an industry which hauls the heaviest, densest loads overland, no other material...
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![Cass Scenic Railroad, a glance at logging locomotive in summertime](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_Cass_Scenic_video_2020-400x327.png)
Cass Scenic Railroad, a glance at logging locomotive in summertime
Join Trains editors on a brief tour of the historic Case Scenic Railroad in Cass,...
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![The Persistence of Crude Oil](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_crude_oil.png)
The Persistence of Crude Oil
But this new source of revenue has a troubling side. Rapid growth strains...
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![The Transportation of Lumber](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_lumber.png)
The Transportation of Lumber
Thanks, Jim. Canadian National is the No. 1 lumber-hauling railroad in the U.S. It...
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![BNSF’s Needles Division](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_locomotive_video_power_chapter_7_0121-400x225.jpg)
BNSF’s Needles Division
This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. BNSF...
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![Canadian Pacific Railway on the shore of Lake Superior](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_locomotive_video_power_chapter_6_0121-400x224.jpg)
Canadian Pacific Railway on the shore of Lake Superior
This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. Canadian...
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![Automobiles on the Rails](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_automobiles_on_trains-400x257.png)
Automobiles on the Rails
Originally, cars didn’t have it so good. They went in boxcars. They went...
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![BNSF/Florida East Coast and natural gas testing](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_locomotive_video_power_chapter_4_0121-400x223.jpg)
BNSF/Florida East Coast and natural gas testing
This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. Natural...
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![Operations on the Delaware Lackawanna](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_locomotive_video_power_chapter_3_0121-400x226.jpg)
Operations on the Delaware Lackawanna
This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. ...
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![Ontario Southerns FP9s and plowing snow](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_locomotive_video_power_chapter2_0121-400x220.jpg)
Ontario Southerns FP9s and plowing snow
This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. Southwest...
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![Class One Motive Power–an overview](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TRN_locomotive_video_power_chapter_1_0121-400x222.jpg)
Class One Motive Power–an overview
Kansas City Southern hasn’t purchased new locomotives since 2014 as the company has had ample...
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