Trip Report – Black Hills Central Railroad
January 30, 2012
The Black Hills Central Railroad, a for profit company, operates The 1880 Train over a 10 mile long route located between Hill City and Keystone South Dakota. Although it markets itself to the thriving family tourist industry in the region, the Black Hills Central is a must-see for any serious railfan. The history of the Black Hills ...
Trip Report – Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad
January 18, 2012
Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad operates over former Milwaukee Road tracks in the shadow of the majestic volcanic mountain. Visitors board trains at the depot in the hamlet of Elbe, Washington for the seven mile trip to Mineral, where the railroad has an extensive yard and shop. An overview of the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad Mount Rainier Scenic ...
Trip Report – The Durango & Silverton
January 14, 2012
Writing about the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is difficult because it requires using all of the overused superlatives such as excellent, magnificent, wonderful, marvelous, supreme, outstanding, remarkable, first-rate, premier, unsurpassed, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, and preeminent. Now that I’ve used these words in the very first sentence, writing about the Durango & Silverton will ...
Trip Report – Conway Scenic Railroad
January 8, 2012
I regret that I only had a few hours to visit Conway Scenic Railroad in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It was the middle of a three day photo charter but due to distance and some major traffic delays from the first day’s location, I showed up late one October Saturday to catch only ...
Trip Report – Mount Washington Cog Railway – When Steam Ruled
January 2, 2012
The Mount Washington Cog Railway is located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It was the the first mountain climbing cog railway in the world when it was completed in 1869. Passengers are carried on The Mount Washington Cog Railway starting from the Marshfield Base Station to the top, three and a quarter miles up ...
Trip Report – NKP 765 Travels Home
January 2, 2012
The day following the Rock Island Train Festival found me with NKP 765 as she made her way from East Peoria, IL to Logansport, IN on the Toledo, Peoria & Western (TPW), a short line owned by RailAmerica. Shortly after the festival closed, NKP 765 headed out of town to East Peoria where it would spend ...
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