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Sep 2-4, 2024 - Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and the Journey Home: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Pennsylvania Trolley Museum History. Streetcars served America through two world wars and a depression, but affluence and automobiles caused the end of the Trolley Era and a greatly diminished role for... Read More>> |
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Sep 1, 2024 - Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. It is a privately owned heritage railroad company in Kempton, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1963 and operates over an isolated remnant of a former Reading Company line. Its nickname is... Read More>> |
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Sep 1, 2024 - Walkersville Southern Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Walkersville Southern Railroad runs track and structures originally built by the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line railroad. This railroad ran from Frederick to the Pennsylvania-Maryland State line, or Mason-Dixon line near... Read More>> |
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Aug 31, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. After the Northern Central Railway contacted Convention Chairman John Goodman about their diesel not operating, arrangements were made to visit Williams Grove Historical Steam... Read More>> |
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Aug 31, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Ride on the Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad. Join us for an 11-mile round-trip train ride along the Swatara Creek. Learn the history of the area, the Union Canal and the railroad from a... Read More>> |
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Aug 30, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Reading and Northern RDC Excursion to Minersville: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Reading & Northern Railroad, also known as Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad with over 400 miles of track in eastern Pennsylvania. It began operating in... Read More>> |
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Aug 29, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Meetings and Power Director's Office Visit: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Power Director's Office was transferred to Penn Central in 1968 and to Amtrak in 1971. In May of 2022, the Harrisburg Chapter NRHS signed a lease agreement with Amtrak to preserve and... Read More>> |
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Aug 28, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Rockhill Trolley Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Rockhill Trolley Museum is a heritage railway in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania that collects and restores trolley, interurban and transit cars. Founded in 1960, the museum operates what has been historically... Read More>> |
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Nov 23-24, 2007 - A Trip Out To BNSF's Needles Subdivision: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. An old report that missed getting published: Chris Parker had never photographed on BNSF's Needles Subdivision so I proposed the day after Thanksgiving Day out on Friday and back on Saturday. He agreed and... Read More>> |
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www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains - Old Time Trains Raymond Kennedy, the author of this amazing website preserving Canadian railway history and stories, recently passed away. All of this website will remain preserved at TrainWeb. Please visit this website to enjoy the photos and stories... Read More>> |
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www.trainweb.US/wcng - Western Consolidated Lines I haven't been updating "Today's Featured TrainWeb Site" for a long time but will try to do so starting today, Dec 1, 2024. Though today's website has not been updated for years, it has a huge number of Garden Railway photos. Please visit and view the photos at today's TrainWeb Featured Website... Read More>> |
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Aug 28, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - East Broad Top Railroad and a Shop Tour: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the nation's oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The railroad is now preserved for... Read More>> |
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Aug 27, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is located on the east side of Strasburg along Pennsylvania Route 741 and is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum... Read More>> |
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Aug 27, 2024 - 2024 NRHS Convention - Strasburg Rail Road: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Strasburg Rail Road (reporting mark SRC) is the oldest continuously-operating railroad in the western hemisphere and the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1832, the... Read More>> |
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Aug 26, 2024 - City Park Railroad and Harris Tower: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. A 63 acre island and city park, City Island, in the middle of the Susequhanna River, is home to the Harrisburg Senators, the AA affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The Walnut Street Bridge, an old steel truss street bridge that is... Read More>> |
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Aug 24, 2024 - The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Pennsylvania Railroad freight house was built circa 1895 and home to the Winchester Little Theatre. This group was organized in 1929 "...to present, produce and encourage the production, acting and writing of plays..." by a... Read More>> |
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Aug 21-24, 2024 - The Three-Day Driving Trip to the National Historical Society Convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. This year's National Railway Historical Society Convention took place in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from August 26th to 31st. I bought tickets for... Read More>> |
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Aug 4-5, 2024 - Alliance, Nebraska to Home: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Chicago and North Western Bassett station built in 1921 was moved from its former location on the north end of Clark Avenue in Bassett to Rock County Historical Museum, where it is now home to countless artifacts and... Read More>> |
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Aug 3, 2024 - The Journey From Billings, Montana to Alliance, Nebraska: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Hardin station built in 1922. Hardin's first railroad depot was moved from Fort Custer after being cut into small sections and transported by train over the... Read More>> |
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Aug 2, 2024 - The Journey From Deer Lodge to Billings, Montana: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Deer Lodge was the division headquarters for the Milwaukee Road, officially known as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, until their demise in 1980. Here, the Milwaukee Road was... Read More>> |
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Aug 1, 2024 - Inland Northwest Rail Museum in Reardan, Washington: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth drove us to the downtown location of Frank's Diner in Spokane. She first learned of this restaurant in a railcar a couple of years ago from a posting on Facebook by an acquaintance, while I had never... Read More>> |
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Jul 31, 2024 - Cranbrook Railway Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Canadian Pacific Cranbrook water tower built in 1946 and moved here in 1994. Its original location was across the tracks and about 1,500 feet southwest closer to the railway's... Read More>> |
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Jul 30, 2024 - Nelson Electric Tramway Society: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Canadian Pacific Railway Nelson station is a two-storey, wood-frame structure located near the lakefront, at the foot of the main thoroughfare, on the edge of the City of Nelson. The Canadian Pacific tracks arrived in... Read More>> |
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Jul 29, 2024 - Along The Canadian Border from Agassiz to Castlegar, British Columbia: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. We used the Canadian Trackside Guide to assist us in finding preserved railway equipment and displays, since neither of us have ever been east of Hope and while we knew of stations, there was much else... Read More>> |
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Jul 28, 2024 - A Day In Greater Vancouver Featuring Burnaby Central Railway and Two B.C. Electric Railway Interurban Cars: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Coach "E&E Taylor", ex. West Coast Railway Association 990603 1997, exx. British Columbia Railway 990603 1995, nee Gulf, Mobile and... Read More>> |
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Jul 27, 2024 - Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. For Elizabeth, this was her return after four-and-a-half years. From May 2014 to December 2019, she volunteered here usually twice a month, on the station side, becoming a Station Master then Station Master Coordinator. In 2018, she... Read More>> |
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Jul 26, 2024 - Railway Museum of British Columbia: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Founded in 1961, the West Coast Railway Association is an historical group dedicated to the preservation of the railway history of British Columbia. We operate the Railway Museum of British Columbia. Membership is... Read More>> |
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Jul 26, 2024 - BC Ferries from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Until Spring 2008, the Queen of Cowichan was the main Route 2 (Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay) vessel based out of Nanaimo. In March she was... Read More>> |
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Jul 25, 2024 - Alberni Pacific Railway Tour: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. We left the Best Western Barclay Inn and drove to the Canadian Pacific staton and waited for David Hooper to arrive. Elizabeth had been in contact with him because while the Alberni Pacific Railway operates on weekends on... Read More>> |
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Jul 25, 2024 - Duncan to Port Alberni, British Columbia Featuring Duncan Forest Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The two of us arose at the Super 8 in Duncan and after our Internet duties, at the Dog House Family Restaurant where Elizabeth had a veggie omelette and I had French Toast and bacon. It was... Read More>> |
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Jul 24, 2024 - British Columbia Legislature Tour, Victoria Roundhouse, Cliffside and Kinsol Trestle: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. For this day and the next two, Elizabeth would be my tour guide as she grew up in Victoria and had wanted to show me the railway highlights of Vancouver Island... Read More>> |
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Jul 23, 2024 - The Journey from Lacey, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Today Elizabeth and I would take the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria. We arose at the Quality Inn and ate at the hotel then drove Interstate 5 to US 101 to State Route 8 to the town of... Read More>> |
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Jul 22, 2024 - Amtrak Cascades and Steilacoom Railfanning: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The route of the Tacoma Streetcar. The T Line, formerly known as Tacoma Link, is a light rail line in Tacoma, Washington, part of the Link light rail system operated by Sound Transit. It travels 4.0 miles and... Read More>> |
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Jul 21, 2024 - South To Tacoma Featuring Great Northern and Cascade Railway and Dacca Park in Fife: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Great Northern & Cascade Railway Railway offers free train rides to the public as well as a railroad education program. The Railroad operates May through October, every... Read More>> |
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Jul 20, 2024 - Pendleton, Oregon to Skykomish, Washington Featuring Northern Pacific Railway Museum and South Cle Elum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I arose, then following our Internet duties, checked out of the Hotel Pendleton and went to Shari's for a great breakfast. She drove us to... Read More>> |
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Jul 18-19, 2024 - To Pocatello and Pendleton: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I arose at the Quality Inn in Craig and following our morning preparations, we had breakfast at Cool Water Grille. We then departed Craig and drove towards Interstate 80 but Elizabeth pulled off after I spotted a train... Read More>> |
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Jul 16, 2024 - The Great Pacific Northwest Trip: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. It had been four-and-a-half years since Elizabeth was last at the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway in Surrey, British Columbia. She has remained a Director on the Board and has the Communications portfolio. There have been... Read More>> |
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Jul 6, 2024 - Our Fourth Anniversary Branson Scenic Railroad Dinner Train: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. We walked into the depot and picked up our tickets with a car number on the recipt then waited for our car to be called. We would be in BSRX 9320 "Silver Terrace", a 1952 Budd dome-observation from the Chicago, Burlington and... Read More>> |
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Jul 6, 2024 - Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The line on which the Belton, Grandview & Kansas City Railroad runs has a long history, stretching back over 100 years to the late 1800's when railroads were branching out in all directions. There were actually two railroads that... Read More>> |
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Jun 9, 2024 - Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I arose in Gainesville and after our Internet duties, went to International House Of Pancakes before finding the steam engine on display. Seaboard Air Line caboose, number unknown, built by... Read More>> |
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Jun 5-8, 2024 - The 2024 Railroad Station Historical Society Convention: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Hosted by Don Wickersham and Ted Xakellis, this year's convention will be based in Gainesville, Georgia. We shall visit depots of the Atlanta and Florida, Central of Georgia, Georgia Railroad, Louisville and... Read More>> |
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Jun 4, 2024 - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Trains and Atlanta Streetcar: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority was started with a commitment to making public transit a reliable service -- one that boosts economic development and enhances the lives of... Read More>> |
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Jun 3, 2024 - Blue Ridge Scenic Rail Bikes: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Embark on a new and exciting journey through the Blue Ridge Countryside aboard a custom-built, four-person electric Rail Bike! Sit back and explore as you leisurely pedal your motor-assisted rail bike through the foothills of North Georgia. Leave the depot in historic downtown Blue Ridge and... Read More>> |
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Jun 2, 2024 - Blue Ridge Scenic Railway: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Railroads played a vital role in the development of this area between the 1800's and the early 1900's. They determined the routes of local roads, saved an ailing mining industry, contributed to the growth of small towns as resort communities, and... Read More>> |
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Jun 1, 2024 - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Copperhill Excursion: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The railroad over which Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum trains travel on its Hiwassee River Rail Adventures was formerly part of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's Atlanta... Read More>> |
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May 31, 2024 - Great Smoky Mountains Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Murphy Branch of the Western North Carolina Railroad delivered thousands of mountaineers from the wilderness of their landlocked hills. A year after iron rails reached Asheville in 1880, workers scattered to the west of the... Read More>> |
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May 30, 2024 - Big South Fork Scenic Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. When Coal, Lumber, and Railroads Were King... In 1902, Justus S. Stearns of Ludington, Michigan bought 30,000 acres of virgin timberland in southern Kentucky. When coal was discovered soon afterwards, the... Read More>> |
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May 29, 2024 - Rail Explorers Railbikes on the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad. Built in 1888, this section of the Louisville Southern Railroad once carried passengers from Lawrenceburg to Versailles and Lexington. Now you can ride the rails through the picturesque Kentucky countryside with Rail Explorers. Passing the... Read More>> |
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May 20, 2024 - Colorado Railroad Museum Dak Dillon Photography Steam Charter: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I arose at the Quality Inn in Durango and following our Internet duties, went to Denny's for a good breakfast then I drove us through Pagosa Springs where we found a.. Read More>> |
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May 18, 2024 - Dak Dillon Photo Charter on the Durango and Silverton Railroad: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. We arose at the very early hour of 4:30 AM and after our morning preparations, drove to Denny's where I enjoyed French Toast with bacon and sausage. After a fulfilling breakfast, we drove the... Read More>> |
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May 15-16, 2024 - Kansas Depots On The Way To Colorado: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Earlier in the year, Dak Dillon announced two Colorado photo charters, one on the Durango and Silverston and two days later, at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden. We planned a route to include... Read More>> |
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May 6, 2024 - National Railway Historical Society Iowa Interstate Inspection Trip: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I arose and we sat with John Goodman and enjoyed the hotel's breakfast in our building. Iowa Interstate Information. One of the pictures in the second floor hallway in the... Read More>> |
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May 2-5, 2024 - Iowa Depots On The Way to Cedar Rapids: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. This year's National Railway Historical Society spring conference was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and apart from the meetings, a very rare inspection trip was planned on the Iowa Interstate Railroad. Elizabeth is Secretary of... Read More>> |
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April 25-29, 2024 - Our Spring Trip to Van Buren for a Frisco Caboose Ride: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth saw a posting on the Arkansas-Boston Mountains Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society's Facebook page about the southbound maiden voyage of our... Read More>> |
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Apr 2-4, 2024 - The Journey Home From Roanoke: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I arose at the Best Western Plus Valley View and after doing our Internet duties, checked out and I drove us to the Waffle House where we enjoyed a good breakfast. After that, I drove us west on Interstate 81 to... Read More>> |
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Mar 31-Apr 1, 2024 - Stations on the Way to Roanoke and Carl Jensen's Funeral: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Elizabeth and I arose and following our Internet duties, went to Cracker Barrel for an excellent breakfast before we took the Bluegrass Parkway and exited to go to Stanton... Read More>> |
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Mar 30, 2024 - Bluegrass Scenic Railroad and Museum in Versailles, Kentucky: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Operating out of the Woodford County Park, the railroad offers an eleven mile round-trip excursions through the horse farms of Kentucky to Tyrone, where the train stops at Young's High Bridge and allows... Read More>> |
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Mar 30, 2024 - Kentucky Railway Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The Kentucky Railway Museum owes its beginning to a small number of rail enthusiasts who formed a local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1948. In the early 1950's, the Chapter asked the Louisville and... Read More>> |
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Mar 29, 2024 - My Old Kentucky Dinner Train: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Our train consisted of RJ Corman GP38-2 5580, nee Norfolk Southern GP38 2725 and GP15 1560, RJC 003, RJC 021 and RJC 777 and RJC 607. The tracks we would be on were built in 1860 as the Bardstown and Louisville, later to... Read More>> |
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Feb 19-22, 2024 - A Mid-Week Visit To Sallisaw, Oklahoma: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The St. Louis and San Francisco Crocker station is in Crocker, Missouri. The depot was the last in Pulaski County and served as the mail pick-up and drop-off point for the rest of the county. Now a museum, the... Read More>> |
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Feb 4, 2024 - Depots East of Columbia: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. We decided to go for a drive and made a plan to photograph some new stations. Elizabeth drove us out to Hermann via Interstate 70 and soon we were at our first depot. Hermann station is the visitor information center and the... Read More>> |
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Jan 15-17, 2024 - The Drive Home From the Railroad Passenger Car Alliance Conference : Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. Columbus Union Station built in 1901 and used by Central of Georgia, Seaboard Air Line Railroad and Southern Railway. It was designed in the Second Empire style by the architectural firm of... Read More>> |
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Jan 14, 2024 - SAM Shortline Eastbound Excursion : Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The story of the Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railway illustrates New South boosterism, boom, and bust in Georgia during the 1880s and 1890s. Founded in Americus by Samuel Hugh Hawkins and other... Read More>> |
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Jan 12 & 13, 2024 - Cater-Parrott Azalea Sprinter & Our Activities on Seminar Day: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. CaterParrott Railnet is a Georgia based company created in 2005. It was founded by two business leaders, Jamie Cater and Christopher Parrott. CPR is set apart from other rail carriers because of our... Read More>> |
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Jan 11, 2024 - The Historic SAM Shortline Railroad Presidential Flyer : Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler. The story of the Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railway illustrates New South boosterism, boom, and bust in Georgia during the 1880's and 1890's. Founded in Americus by Samuel Hugh Hawkins and... Read More>> |
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Feb 3, 2024 - Teslas to Trains, LA Travel & Adventure Show: Report & Photos by Carl Morrison. The show was held at the LA Convention Center; I like to look for tourist trains to mention. A highlight for me is also hearing Travel Writer, Pauline Frommer, "Life-Enhancing Vacations that won't break the bank"... Read More>> |
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Feb 6, 2024 - Finding a railroad relic at Albany yard was published at HH-Today.com mentioning TrainWeb.org several times but unfortunately did not mention the specific page at TrainWeb.org. More info and photos of this 3/4 Dome Car can be found here... Read More>> |
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Jan 21, 2024 - Amtrak Locomotive & Passenger Car Close-Up Roster Photos. Check out over 1800 Amtrak Roster Photos: Diesel & Electric Locomotives, Passenger & Baggage/Mail Cars, State-Owned Locomotives/Cars, and Historical Data... Read More>> |
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Jan 18, 2024 - Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Concept, History & Photos. Origin, history, travelogues and other information related to the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner route including extensive photos of the Surfliner Cars. Coverage starts from the very first February 18, 1998 announcement and graphics of the new equipment followed by photos and celebration of the arrival of the first... Read More>> |
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Jan 14, 2024 - Highlights From Historic TrainWeb Railroad Webcams & 2000-2003 Fullerton Railroad Days. TrainWeb has preserved highlights from the railcams we operated more than 20 years ago as well as photos from Fullerton Railroad Days. Virtual Railfan now operates live streaming video from some of our prior railcam locations... Read More>> |
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Jan 11, 2024 - Amtrak Historical Society™: After more than 20 years of being inactive, the website of the Amtrak Historical Society™ has just been updated. The primary purpose of the Society was to preserve the history of Amtrak and to establish its place in the archives of U.S. railroading. The Society was founded in... Read More>> |
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Jan 7, 2024 - Episode #65: Mid-Continent Railway Museum: Join the Midwest Rail Rangers for a visit to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin. The museum consists of static displays as well as a 7-mile round trip ride aboard preserved railroad cars. Trains leave from... Click Here To View the Program>> |
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