The rumble of Canadian Pacific’s 4-6-4 Empress No. 2816 and Union Pacific’s 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 echoed across thousands ...

A century ago, the Michigan Central Railroad built a coaling tower in Michigan City. The local landmark hovering over the ...

The John Emery Rail Heritage Trust has selected 18 projects for its annual rail preservation grants, awards totaling $250,000 ...

In the final scene, a phantom locomotive crashes ... the Indianapolis & Bellefontaine Railroad. In later years, it was known as the Big Four, New York Central and Conrail. Norfolk Southern began ...

A talented jack-of-all trades, William Taylor, born in Troy, New York, on June 13, 1883, served as an officer in various coal companies, steamship lines, railroad companies, barge lines and mining ...

Running a trolley along a line that also ran steam ... Railroad. In 1919 the C.V.R.R. was merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad, its primary stockholder. Then the Pennsy and New York Central ...

The PRR’s main competitor is the Vanderbilt family’s New York Central Railroad, which controls ... the company collaborated with Baldwin Locomotive Works to design a new electric train.

The Lionel No. 773 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine ... 700E O scale New York Central Hudson. The best way to do so was the highly detailed 773, which Lionel paired with the equally elaborate No. 2426W ...

The low hiss of the steam ... new food and beverage program on the trains with an expanded recycling program. Customer Experience Improvements on the Northeast Corridor Travelers through New York ...

Roger Weaver’s passion for the railroad ... started with the New York Central’s Big Four line, working as a tower operator, brakeman, and conductor. Over the years, he experienced firsthand the ...

MINERSVILLE — Railway Restoration Project 113 has been given a $25,000 grant from the John H. Emery Rail Heritage Trust to ...