JUNE 2024: Milwaukee Road’s bold and pioneering effort to electrify its main line across the mountains and prairies couldn’t compete with the economic realities of railroading in the 1970s. Dick Dorn was there to document the last days of this operation in stunning black & white. Gordon Lloyd, Jr., wraps up his two-part series on Fairbanks-Morse diesel switchers, while Stephen Host takes us on a tour of the family-run Alexander Railroad in North Carolina. All this and more in the June issue of Railfan & Railroad!
Restored N&W Business Car to Make Debut This Weekend
After three years of work, the newly restored Norfolk & Western 300 will be on display in East Chicago, Ind., this weekend.
Patriot Rail Donates Steam-Era Supplies to Kentucky Steam
Approximately 37,000 pounds of parts from the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific shop in Montana were loaded up on a trailer and sent to Kentucky recently.
Milwaukee Electrics: Fifty Years Gone
Milwaukee Road’s bold and pioneering effort to electrify its main line across the mountains and prairies couldn’t compete with the economic realities of railroading in the 1970s.
The Unexpected Fairbanks-Morse: Part 2
Wrapping up our two-part examination of Fairbanks-Morse diesels from coal mines to steel mills, from freight yards to experimental passenger trains, and even some foreign operations.
Photo Line: Steam at the Fort Steele Heritage Town
Venture to Fort Steele, British Columbia, to see an operating 2-6-2 at the Fort Steele Heritage Town.
Camera Bag: Full Daylight Revisited
The purpose of a light meter is control, but you have to know what that light meter is doing with full daylight to be able to properly use that control.
The Rise and Fall of Electric Main Lines
In North America, heavy electric main line railways outside of the East Coast are relatively uncommon.
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