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In 1811, the town of Astoria, Oregon Territory was founded at the mouth of the Columbia River. Because of its location, many of the town’s civic and business leaders thought Astoria would become a key port.
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When a potential merger gets announced, there is almost always a bit of panic among us railroad photographers as we reflect on what we’ve covered on a railroad and what we’ve missed.
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Tuesday morning the radio scanner crackles in downtown Los Angeles — “El Segundo Local calling San Gabriel Sub DS” — as the Union Pacific LOW20 job requests permission to enter Metrolink-controlled trackage.
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The founder of Virginia’s Buckingham Branch Railroad, Robert Earl Bryant, died at his home in New Canton, Va., on May 8. He was 87 years old.
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Baseball fans, especially Colorado Rockies fans, already know Coors Field is special.
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Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum!
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The transcontinental railroad project was not without controversy or corruption.
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One of the key events in the history of the United States occurred 153 years ago today – the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (which was also known as “The Pacific Railway” and the “Overland Route”).
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Tomorrow is the 153rd anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. It is not an overstatement that the transcontinental railroad changed transportation in this nation completely.
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Former Metro boss tells of his pride in expanding the network to Sunderland and recalls his memories of the Queen’s visit to Wearside to open the new line.
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London Transport Museum in Covent Garden has nine days of fun activities planned for families over the May half-term with children going free!
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Figure 1 A mother enjoys a meal with her children aboard the Union Pacific’s City of Denver train.
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The National Railway Museum has recruited five new names to its advisory board.
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The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and the Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company have announced a new partnership that will allow Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765 to regularly operate on the 100-mile short line railroad that connects Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
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Five new members have been appointed to the National Railway Museum’s Advisory Board, which provides advice and support to the museum’s Senior Management Team on their plans for the museum’s future.
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Join Colorado Railroad Museum Curator of Collections, Stephanie Gilmore to explore “Small Wonders” from the Museum’s collection as part of the new “Still Working On The Railroad” initiative. Each segment will focus on different items from the Colorado Railroad Museum’s collection.
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An effort is underway to save one of the most unusual remnants of the original Auto-Train operation of the 1970s, a combination car carrier and caboose that was rostered as AT 3.
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The first successful demonstration of a full-sized electric locomotive took place on April 29, 1851 (171 years ago today). The locomotive was designed and built by Charles Grafton Page.
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Having moved to Telford relatively recently, I have started to look in detail at the railway heritage of the area. This starts with a waggonway being in existence by at least 1605 (but maybe earlier). Over four centuries of various forms of railway!
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It’s #TBT and for Throwback Thursday this week we have the final part of our Colorado Railcar Manufacturing, LLC behind-the-scenes tour which was originally filmed by Museum Volunteer Michael McBride.
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Two different 0-6-0 steam locomotives were fired up last weekend, marking big milestones in two ongoing restorations in New Jersey and California.
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On this date in 1956 the first commercially successful container ship began its maiden voyage on a route from New Jersey to Texas.
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GLENMONT, N.Y. — While the future appears bright for two rare New York Central electrics stored near a New York power plant, the days are numbered for two nearby diesel locomotives.
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One-Time Closure for Upgrades
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In an effort to keep up with the metric buttload of 48/830 class photos I have recently been scanning for the interwebs, I decided upon placing a good portion of them on the blog in an effort to share them all faster.
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