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Known popularly as the KATY, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad was a major force in the development of the west, linking Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri and Salina, Kansas to the port of Galveston, Texas.
One of the most exciting tourist railroads in the United States is the Grand Canyon Railway located in northern Arizona.
When Amtrak began, only the Empire Builder and Chicago-to-Milwaukee corridor service were spared. By November, 1971, Amtrak was ready for some new Wisconsin trains.
The Durango & Silverton offers one of the most spectacular train rides in North America. Steep grades, sharp curves, narrow ledges, and perilous chasms are the hallmarks of this popular narrow gauge tourist railroad.
Relive the days of Rio Grande narrow gauge freight service aboard the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Join us in 1990 for an unusual 2-day excursion covering the entire line from Chama, New Mexico to Antonito, Colorado.
Travel to old Cape Cod with Pentrex as we look back over ten years of change – from 1999 to 2009 – on the former New Haven Old Colony line.
The California Western Railroad heads forty miles inland, climbing over a rugged coastal mountain range. This historic line is known for its Skunk Motorcars.
The odyssey resumes in Michigan, shortly after B&O had merged with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Volume 2, which covers the years 1965 to 1968, from noted railroad photographer Emery Gulash.
Once leading the country’s finest passenger trains on high-speed schedules, the last remaining fleet of Electro-Motive E-units worked during their later years pulling commuter trains in Chicago.
The last diesel locomotive rolled off the Alco assembly line in 1969 but the hills of northwest Arkansas still echoed those distinctive Alco sounds in 1988, on the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad.
From the early years when a rainbow mix of motive power and passenger cars pioneered its service, Amtrak has been a subject of avid railfan interest. Pentrex celebrates the first 25 years of Amtrak.
Volume Three carries you along the rails in the dead of winter, when temperatures are minus 30 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit and you’re lucky if you see five hours of daylight.
For more than half a century, Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014 was on display in California. In 2013, Union Pacific began the move and restoration that will bring her back into excursion service. This is the story of her move from Pomona to Cheyenne.
It’s December 1991 and former AT&SF steam locomotive #3751 has returned to the Santa Fe mainline. She’s heading up a 4-day excursion after years of restoration.
Excitement and anticipation were in the air on September 14, 1993 when engineer Steve Sandberg eased newly restored Milwaukee Road steam locomotive #261 back to life in Minneapolis.
The San Francisco Bay Area’s own steam engine, fully restored Southern Pacific 2472, on the journey from San Jose to Los Angeles and back.
Watch Frisco 1522 lead the Peach Blossom Special to the NRHS National Convention in Atlanta. Traveling from St. Louis, Missouri to Birmingham, Alabama, the powerful 4-8-2 ran on its home rails for the first time in almost 50 years.
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