Double Your Pleasure – Two Trains West

February 18, 2011

QJ 7081 on display behind 844's short train, Golden Spike Park - 11/12/10

In November, 2010, I enjoyed covering not one, but two trains. They were both long-distance steam excursions, involving two locomotives on two railroads with interesting connections to each other. The Story of the Two Trains The two trains intersected at Golden Spike Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a fitting place for things to intersect. The original Golden ...

Trip Report – The SS Badger

February 9, 2011

SS Badger

Lake Michigan has a surface area of 22,400 square miles. This large body of water separating the East from a large chunk of the Midwest has always posed a challenge to railroads, which were forced to go around it. In the early days of rail transportation, freight was unloaded from railcars onto boats, shipped across ...

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Steve Mitchell is a lifelong rail enthusiast. He has been a photographer for 40 years and a videographer for more than 10 years, with railroad subjects being a large part of his collection. He has also developed a passion and talent for video editing and creating custom DVD’s. Read more to see what Steve has to say for himself…

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