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Riding Amtrak’s Palmetto on the home stretch: The passengers and crew of Amtrak’s southbound Palmetto have their last stretch stop in Florence, S.C. before the final 21/2-hour run to Savannah. David ...

Two remanufactured British railcars, prototypes for the Pop Up Metro project, await operation in Rockhill, Pa. Dan Zukowski)= ROCKHILL, Pa. — Rail entrepreneur Henry Posner wants to make passenger ...

The Atchison & Topeka Railroad was chartered in 1859 to join the towns of its title and continue southwest toward Santa Fe, New Mexico. “Santa Fe” was added to the corporate name in 1863. Construction ...

A Metra Union Pacific West train passes a stopped UP freight at La Fox, Ill., on Oct. 19, 2024. Metra has assumed operation of trains on its three UP commuter lines. David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has ...

Train 99, the Coast Daylight, sails through Santa Barbara, Calif., in the early 1950s. Matching the colors of the train is GS-4-class 4-8-4 No. 4452, one of 28 built for Southern Pacific by Lima in ...

Rio Grande dome car Silver Sky brings up the markers at Grand Junction, Colo., in March 1974. Mel Lawrence, George W. Hamlin collection Following the delivery of dome cars constructed for the Union ...

Amtrak conductor Erik Newsom waves as he prepares to reboard one of the Amtrak Midwest Venture coaches in Joliet, Ill., on Tuesday. The new equipment made its debut on a Lincoln Service round trip ...

Track planning can go in so many different directions. That’s why it’s often helpful, especially for beginners, to start with an already created idea. From there, you can either fully recreate a plan ...

I am a print subscriber to Classic Toy Trains. Have you reported on the discontinuation of the American Flyer model train line by Lionel? I know your magazine isn’t an “investigative reporting” ...

2022 steam locomotive list personified: Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 18 crosses the Animas River at Silverton on Sept. 3. The California-based locomotive was on loan to the Durango & Silverton for much ...