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Walter Hagen and his wife peered in confusion from their buggy into the driving rain and darkness. Returning home from the Culley Ranch north of Pueblo, Colorado, they'd reached the [...]

For at least the past six years, railroads have been working on methods for measuring track geometry through equipment to supplement the traditional geometry car and hi-rail vehicles that have [...]

CREATED AS A COMIC STRIP SUPERHERO IN 1938, SUPERMAN WAS 'FASTER than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.' [...]

Union Pacific Engine 4014, the 'Big Boy.' This picture was taken in Hays, Kan., where the train stopped for the night. The overall size of the locomotive was just incredible. [...]

I GREW UP WITH BURLINGTON NORTHERN. Since I was born exactly 6 months before the merger, I wasn't around (or at least old enough), to see railroads like Chicago, Burlington [...]

Railroad mergers and the lineage of modern American rail corporations often captured the attention of industry observers. Yet, the lineage of railroad equipment suppliers has gone relatively unnoticed. In 2019, [...]

When Union Pacific reacquired Big Boy No. 4014 in 2013, it made a deal with the Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. UP got the steam [...]

Tunnels help solve a number of track planning issues. Jim Richards wasn't only concerned with making the tunnels on his Athabaska RR look better; he also wanted to improve performance. [...]

When should you consider adding ultrasonics to a cleaning process? Usually, the answer is whenever parts are not getting clean enough using the current method. Ultrasonics become a viable purchase [...]

RAFAEL SANTANA BECAME president and CEO of Wabtec July 1, after the historic merger earlier in 2019 with GE Transportation, where he had been CEO. TRAINS spoke with Santana about [...]

Smoke rises slowly from the locomotive's chimney, hissing from the valves and swirling in clouds over the face of the train. The locomotive heaves once more, then stops. With a [...]

Railroads in many ways are unique because, regardless of how many years they've been in business, there is usually a storied history that can be recalled. And the best ways [...]

Generally accepted history is that Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive operating territory ended at the eastern yard limits of North Platte, Neb. While it is true that the locomotives [...]

Aug. 27, 2019 will arguably be one of the single-most important days in North American freight railroading in recent history. On a test track at TTCI (Transportation Technology Center, Inc.) [...]

Who was the first to bat 1,000? 1,000 horsepower, we mean. Well, the Napier Cub 16-cylinder airplane engine was said to make 1,057 hp in 1920, and land-speed racers went [...]

It's May 20, 2018, in Sunol, Calif., and the Pacific Locomotive Association is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Niles Canyon Railway. While the railroad is home to seven steam [...]

THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO ARE MAGICAL. Saguaro cactus, desert sunsets, distant mountains, and the allure of the Old West are magnets for tourists, snowbirds, and residents. [...]

Not only have I been a lifelong Alco fan, I'm particularly fond of the Alcos rostered by the Central RR of New Jersey (CNJ). The CNJ bought its first RS-3s [...]

WHEN THE ROARING twenties swept in with a rush of novel machinery, designers and artists of the day answered. Leaning into the boldness of the era, they gleefully borrowed shapes [...]

A Family Railroad Fun Guide Alabama Foley Railway Museum & Model Train Exhibit. 125 E. Laurel Ave., Foley, 36535 Phone: 251-943-1818 Depot museum, Mon.-Sat, 10-3. Model train exhibit, Tues., Thurs., [...]

On May 10, 1869, a beautiful springtime afternoon just perfect for a nuptial ceremony, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the wedding of the rails at Promontory Summit. Three special [...]

Rail industry suppliers work hard to ensure key materials that railroads require to keep moving arrive when and where they are needed. Railroads continue to rely on suppliers to provide [...]

TRANSIT HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART of New Orleans' 300-year history. It has been a catalyst to the city's growth and development and, later, in post-Katrina years, to its resurgence. [...]

Siemens ALP-45DP locomotive. Atlas displayed a pre-production sample of its latest locomotive. The Siemens ALP-45DP is decorated for NJ Transit in four road numbers. The Master Line model has illuminated [...]

Recently, I read a lengthy article about how the railroads figured out how to continue running their trains in the winter months. In those areas that got a lot of [...]

An autumn storm is brewing over the Continental Divide and will soon leave a fresh dusting of snow on the higher peaks. The pine-and sage scented wind is noticeably cooler [...]

With literally tens of thousands of steam locomotives of all shapes and sizes in service in the United States during the golden age of steam, how is it that the [...]

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Taiwan, also known as Formosa or 'beautiful island,' may have the most concentrated and diverse railroad network per square mile on earth. Overshadowed by its two large neighbors, Japan and [...]

The Central California and Pacific Northwest regions have some of the three or four great clusters of steam excursion railroads in the nation. I've been drawn to the West Coast [...]

A slogan on the cab sides of every locomotive on a 54-mile railroad in Arizona reads, 'Our 'Real Power' is in the pride of our people.' These gray-and-copper-clad EMDs pull [...]

Michael Burbey and Chris French admit they are probably not a supplier's ideal customer when it comes to their finishing operation at GE Transportation's manufacturing plant in Erie, Pennsylvania. 'We [...]

Among the novelties taking pride of place at the Transport Logistic fair in Munchen this summer was the first of two prototype Vectron Dual Mode locomotives being built by Siemens [...]

AS DEMAND AND INVESTMENT in the global railway market grows, so have needs for railway components and equipment. Locomotives, passenger and freight cars, wheels, axles, and brakes are among numerous [...]

A critical difference between railroads and other modes of commercial transportation is that the rail industry must pay for nearly everything that is done to maintain the physical plant. Included, [...]

GHANSHYAM SINGH Member, Traction, Indian Railway Board By the end of last year around 45% of Indian Railways' 68 442 route-km network was electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz, including [...]

When Wommack Mill's boiler gave up the ghost a couple of years ago, the 1883 Missouri mill's unique status as one of only two operating steam-powered gristmills in the U.S. [...]

The article features Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata, the Parsi patriarch who founded Tata Sons, Ltd., India's largest industrial complex in 1868. Presiding over the empire is Jehangir Rattan Dadabhai Tata who runs a vast complex of interests including metalworking, electric power, and locomotives. The Tatas pioneered an airline that grew into Air India International, and later also went into the manufacture of locomotives and trucks.

The article focuses on the efforts of locomotive manufacturers in the U.S. to upgrade their models with modern and powerful ones. Among the well-known locomotive manufacturers in the country are American Locomotive Co., Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp., the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp., and Fairbanks, Morse & Co. The article asserts that perfect timing and strategic design is needed to capture a share of the remaining orders. He also notes that modernization calls for greater capacity and facilities than rebuilding.

The hours and days that I have spent trackside with my father qualify as irreplaceable parts of my life. For almost 50 years, across 14 states and a couple of [...]

Morning on a warm October day at Iselin Yard on the south side of Jackson, Tenn., and I'm here to meet West Tennessee Railroad Superintendent of Locomotives James 'Jimmy' Shannon. [...]

Train carriages - FILE CAIRO - 22 October 2020: A new batch of railway locomotives, including 18 vehicles have arrived at Alexandria port, announced Minister of Transport Kamel el Wazir. [...]

Byline: admin External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal flagged off 10 Broad Gauge (BG) locomotives to Bangladesh. In keeping with the [...]