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“50 More Cab Rides” is the answer to all the railfans who clamored for more after the release of our best seller, “101 cab rides”. Enjoy!
Emery Gulash once said “to be a railfan in the mid 1950’s in or near Chicago was a double barrel dream” Being a railfan in the early 90’s meant capturing all the great railroads of Chicagoland before they disappeared.
The SD60 is a six-axle diesel locomotive built by the Electro Motive Division of General Motors from 1984 to 1995. EMD’s SD60 was a success and many Class One railroads still roster these locomotives today. The 60’s all have a 3,800 horsepower 16-cylinder 710G series EMD prime mover. This was an improvement to the 3,000…
Canadian National operates a former Wisconsin Central train from Steven’s Point, Wisconsin and traverses the old Soo Line and WC route to Minneapolis. Once in the Twin Cities, this train is known as the CN transfer and its symbol is L506.
The former Santa Fe Needles Sub is now part of the BNSF Southern Transcon, slicing through the Mojave Desert.
The railway is the lifeline of the villages it serves, with little road access, virtually everything must travel by train. We visit at a beautiful time of the year when the local fauna is in bright yellow bloom.
Take a quick look at 28 of the latest Highball Programs! All available on DVD.
BNSF & UP haul an amazing quantity of coal out of the Powder River coal basin on BNSF’s Orin Sub.
Colorful and with some very strange (to Westerners!) paint schemes – the trains of Beijing China are frequent and varied! So much that is takes two discs.
This is the 1976 to 1997 story of the Consolidated Rail Corporation, widely known as Conrail. It was created from the bankrupt Penn Central and a number of other bankrupt northeastern roads in 1976.
Southern Pacific action along some classic SP lines – from 1971 to 1999! This is a final look at SP’s California Coastline and related branchlines. Heavy action on the Tehachapi Line and Bakersfield Yard, with views back in 1971 and in 1993 as a comparison. This is a wealth of early SP power including the…
Explore San Francisco’s South Bay using San Jose as our hub. Amtrak, Caltrain, Altamont Commuter Express (ACE), Union Pacific, BNSF, and several tourist railroads all operate here.
Historic Hot Spots are etched in the minds of those who were there firsthand and revered by those who wish they had been. Here we highlight a few in the transition time of American railroading.
Just 25 Big Boys were built and they only remained in service for 18 years before the end of the steam era. Yet their power and performance make them as popular today as in their own day. This is Part Two of a two part series.
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