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

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Black Hills Central Railroad steam powered double-header

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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

  Join Trains on a locomotive-studded tour of CSX Transportation — the blue and gold...

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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

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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

    Sure thing, Angela. Since the Baltimore & Ohio began hauling flour from Ellicott’s...

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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

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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

  Thanks, Jim.  Canadian National is the No. 1 lumber-hauling railroad in the U.S.   It...

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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

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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

This video was originally published by Trains as part of the Locomotive 2017 DVD. Natural...

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Operations on the Delaware Lackawanna

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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

Kansas City Southern hasn’t purchased new locomotives since 2014 as the company has had ample...

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