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  • 5 years

    What’s The Deal With Mirrorless Cameras?

    By Dennis A. Livesey
    When the first commercial railways were constructed 200 years ago, the application of metal wheels on metal rails was a great leap forward from millennia-old methods of muscle, wind, and water power. It forever changed the world in which we live; a most...

  • 5 years

    When They Were New: Southern Pacific AC4400CWs

    By Carl Graves/photos by the author
    “Oh my gosh! They’re big and beautiful!” That was my first reaction when I saw 11 sparkling bright Southern Pacific AC4400CW locomotives at the former Rio Grande yard in Minturn, Colo. It was the sunny afternoon of August 1, 1995. For the next year,...

  • 5 years

    Watco Launches Ithaca Central on Former Lehigh Valley Route

    A portion of Lehigh Valley’s former Ithaca Branch formerly operated by Norfolk Southern will soon by operated by the new Ithaca Central Railroad (ITHR), a newly-formed subsidiary of short line operator Watco. In a November 8 filing with the Surface Transportation...

  • 5 years

    Remembering Photographer John Gruber

    By Otto M. Vondrak/photos as noted
    Photographer John Gruber passed away on October 9 following a brief illness at age 82. It’s safe to say John was influenced by trains from an early age, whether it was the Milwaukee Road near his home outside of Madison, Wis., or childhood vacations...

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