WW&F Makes Progress on New-Build 2-4-4T
Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington is making steady progress with its effort to build a brand new 2-foot gauge 2-4-4T locomotive.
Steamtown to Restore Shay Locomotive to Operation
Meadow River Lumber Company 1 is currently being restored to operating condition at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa.
Transitions on the Annie
Changing times in Michigan as Watco acquires Great Lakes Central and reunites it with the former Ann Arbor Railroad.
Farewell to CSX Indiana Sub CPLs
Looking back at the last days of classic Baltimore & Ohio color-position light signals along CSX’s Indiana Sub.
Photo Line: Bringing the ‘Q’ Back to Life
Bringing the late-1950s and early 1960s on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad back to life was the main objective of the “Nebraska Zephyr Night Photo Shoot” in October 2025.
Camera Bag: A (Holiday) Trainload of Thoughts
The CPKC Holiday Train in December 2023 provided Associate Editor Justin Franz with a trainload of thoughts about photography.
Communicating With Light
Lantern signals remain a persistent part of railroad culture, one in which it is light, not words, that carry meaning



















