Leaving Kamloops, B.C., 14 hours late after laying over the previous evening, VIA’s westbound 21-car Canadian snakes around the curve at Kissick, B.C., 9 miles west of Kamloops, on May 17, 2026. The ...

A New York TV crew prepaes to record the departure of the Boston-bound NextGen Acela inaugural run at New Haven, Conn., on Aug. 27, 2025. Two members of the House of Representatives have reintroduced ...

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For years the Chicago & North Western operated Chicago’s most extensive commuter service. Its three routes were designated West, North, and Northwest. Those names also serve well to group C&NW’s lines ...

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Two Horizon trainsets used in Hiawatha service are coupled back-to-back in Amtrak’s Chicago coach yard Wednesday afternoon, March 26. To the left is the rear of the Lake Shore Limited equipment and ...

The original Pennsylvania Railroad ran from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Much of its subsequent expansion was accomplished by leasing or purchasing other railroads. Construction began in 1847. Two ...

A Long Island Rail Road train of Kawasaki M9 cars arrives at New Hyde Park in November 2022. A second Presidential Emergency Board has made its recommendations in an ongoing labor dispute between the ...

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 ...

Ken Baldwin’s S gauge layout Dimensions: 18 x 24 feet Track: GarGraves (diameters range from 40 to 60 inches) Switches:… Don Winslow’s O gauge layout Dimensions: 6¼ x 12 feet Track and switches: ...

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Because shippers’ distribution patterns are rarely congruent with any one rail carrier, railroads have developed two traditional methods of extending their reach over each others’ lines. The first is ...