Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 70 - 04/01/10
Service Notice - Due to maintenance this weekend the photos may load slower as they have been moved to a backup machine. I expect to have the regular ser
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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 60 - 03/20/10
Notice - Trainnews will publish at odd times next week due to business travel.
This day in Railroad History
March 20, 1927
The first coded cab signal/t
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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 46 - 03/01/10
This day in Railroad History
March 2, 1970
Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) was created by the merger of four primary railroads: Chicago, Burlington &
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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 44 - 02/27/10
This day in Railroad History
February 27, 1965
Today is the last day of operations for the steam powered Buffalo Creek and Gauley RR, owned by the Elk
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OldPoleBurner Wrote:
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> Funny - I've yet to hear any complaining about
> the same billions still going to Afghanistan -
There are many
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Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 299 - 12/04/09
Photo Server Instructions
The photo serve is back online, and will require an id and passcode. Email trainnews@att.net if you wish to use the service.
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Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 263 - 10/24/09
Notice - Trainnews is looking for more news worthy and hostoric photos, Please send them to trainnews@att.net. Remember the caption so that others can te
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ex-BN Wrote:
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> Acutually what I find interesting is the source of
> this article--the UTU. And they never pass up a
> chance to take a sh
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Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 209 - 08/25/09
Editors Note- I would again like to thank Alex Mayes for his photo essay that have published over the last two days. Not many of us get to enjoy the NHRS
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Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 170 - 07/143/09
TODAY'S PHOTO
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Durbin & Greenbrier Valley's New Tygart Flyer rolls across the Tygart River as i
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Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 146 - 06/18/09
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Although the breakup of Conrail occurred ten years ago this month, CSX still has a large number of
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Mike Lepker Wrote:
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> When I was a "pre-teen" in the late 60s, We rode
> twice a locomotive in the Eureka area on a
> railroad called the Kla
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Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 5 - 1/6/09
Editor's Note -
Please send newsworthy photos to trainnews@att.net, please include name, location and narrative so folks know what, where and why it is new
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I must dispute your statement that "'coal is not clean' is not absolutely true." Even if (and that's a big if) carbon can be sequestered from the coal burning process, the process of extracting coal
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It has always interested me, the places some railroads made it to, that were atypical of the territory normally associated with the railroad company. For example, Santa Fe in Louisiana,
New York Cent
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