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Next month the Branch Line Society is running a two-day loco hauled rail tour of Northwest England to raise funds for Martin House Hospice.
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Steam through Mountainsides of Aspens during Gorgeous Fall Season
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It’s #TBT and for Throwback Thursday this week we have some rare photos of Denver & Rio Grande Western Steam Locomotive No. 318 under steam and operating at the Colorado Railroad Museum in the mid-to-late 1970s captured by longtime Museum volunteer George Lawrence!
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On Wednesday, 3rd August, 175th birthday celebrations were held at Huddersfield’s iconic railway station to mark its past, present, and future.
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The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic plans to convert a second 2-8-2 locomotive to burn oil instead of coal. The decision was discussed at a recent meeting of the duel-state commission that oversees the railroad that operates in Colorado and New Mexico.
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Located in the heart of the gorgeous Black Hills of South Dakota, the Black Hills Central Railroad is home to famous steam twins. Big mallet steam locomotives 108 and 110. The nearly identical locomotives are a source of pride for South Dakota residents and rightly so. Let’s take a look at the younger of the twins, #110.
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RailView captures InterCity Executive liveried 43184 on the 6th and 7th of July 2022 at Chesterfield.
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At the Stephenson Steam Railway in North Tyneside, a full-sized replica of the new Tyne and Wear Metro train has gone on display.
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Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! Our subject this month is a wood-bodied, narrow gauge railroad boxcar. Like many rail vehicles and especially narrow gauge ones, the car served several owners and sported at least three different numbers during its service life.
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The National Railway Museum's Wonderlab: The Bramwell Gallery is a new interactive experience.
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The festive tour will take place on Saturday the 17th of December and will see a loco hauled trip through the Chilterns with a good mix of uncommon lines
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This museum sounds like it is actually part of the Union Pacific Railroad, but it is not – although as we’ll see, the Union Pacific clearly has a soft spot for this former library turned railroad museum.
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The first half of the 19th century saw the foundations of railroading take shape in America. Predecessors of the big locomotive builders like Baldwin and Alco were opening their doors, and in later years consolidating.
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On April 25, 2022, the Sandaoling Coal Mine Railway ended regular steam service in its opencast pit coal mine in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, bringing down the curtain on regular line-service steam around the world.
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You couldn’t get there from here! At least not by train.
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The Center for Railroad Photography & Art will give members a first look at the newly-acquired Richard Steinheimer collection on Tuesday, August 2. Joining the Center’s staff during the online presentation will be Shirley Burman Steinheimer, “Stein’s” widow, partner, soulmate, fellow photographer and long-time keeper of his visual legacy.
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After the Erie Lackawanna merger in April 1960 that combined Delaware, Lackawanna & Western with Erie Railroad, the eastern anchor of the combined new system was the busy New York Division, which encompassed the main line from Port Jervis, N.Y., into the waterfront intermodal passenger terminal at Hoboken, N.J.
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The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania can seem overwhelming when visiting for the first time.
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The steam locomotive paved the way for cultural and economic development thanks to the locomotive’s ability to move people and freight farther and more efficiently than horses.
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The first half of the 19th century saw the foundation of railroading take shape in America.
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For the first time in more than 30 years, Reading & Northern’s two steam locomotives will operate together on the front of an excursion train. This week, R&N announced that its upcoming Iron Horse Ramble on Aug. 13, from North Reading to Jim Thorpe, Pa., will feature newly restored 4-8-4 2102 and fan-favorite 4-6-2 425.
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Passengers travelling on the District line platform at the station will now get travel information via the 117-year-old lightboxes
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The list of individuals who were vital to the general development of steam locomotives is a long one, but high on that list is Sir Nigel Gresley, one of Britain’s most famous railway engineers.
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The dieselization movement ended careers for most steam locomotives in the United States; but one locomotive, Texas & Pacific #400, actually had its revenue career extended when diesel locomotives ran into issues for the T&P. Now retired in Marshall, Texas, T&P #400 stands as reminder of the power of steam locomotives.
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Known as the ‘Father of the automobile’, Henry Ford played an integral role in the development of transportation technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but his contributions didn’t stop there.
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