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Freight Car Friday – A Hospital on Rails
With their special tank cars, marked cabooses and other equipment, the railroad fire and police forces have some of the most distinctive cars. But medical teams have used the rails too. In remote area… more →
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25th Anniversary of Joint Effort, L&N Depot print
wrote 9 hours ago: This October, Tom Rock will be releasing a 25th Anniversary Edition print of his 1988 painting of th … more →
Southern Steam feature for May 2013
wrote 1 day ago: Featured Southern Steam subjects for May are Southern Railway Steam Locomotive photos in various Geo … more →
Canadian Corner: Canadian National Steam Locomotives
wrote 1 day ago: Featured May Canadian Corner subjects are Canadian National Steam Locomotive photos in various Ontar … more →
Freight Car Friday - A Hospital on Rails
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wrote 1 day ago: With their special tank cars, marked cabooses and other equipment, the railroad fire and police forc … more →
Metro North Railroad New Haven Line Crash Disrupts Busy Rail Line
wrote 4 days ago: Officials toured the scene of a two-train collision in Connecticut that injured dozens of people and … more →
Freight Car Friday - Fire Prevention on the Rails
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wrote 1 week ago: A railroad fire department? These may be some of the least known of the railroads’ own patrols … more →
Gino's Rail Page, Blog and Trolleys.....Capital District, New York
wrote 1 week ago: If you are interested in railroads or trolleys around the Capital District of New York State, or up … more →
Freight Car Friday - First Responders on the Rails; The Railroad Police
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wrote 2 weeks ago: With vast systems covering thousands of miles and employees and millions of passengers and dollars o … more →
EcoMuseum of Transportation at Breil, France
wrote 2 weeks ago: The museum just opened for the season (till September 30). The weekend was busy with members getting … more →
Friday, April 15, 2005, 6:03pm
wrote 2 weeks ago: Friday, April 15, 2005, 6:03pm This evening a freight yard locomotive occupies the tracks normally u … more →
Freight Car Friday - Everybody Makes Mistakes!
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Mistakes happen. We’ve certainly made a few errors on our models over our 100 year history … more →
James J. Hill--Robber Barron . . . not! PS--I love you.
wrote 3 weeks ago: Corot–Springtime of Life Minneapolis Institute of Art Isn’t it wonderful to find a good … more →
Inaccessible New York: Behind The Scenes At Grand Central Terminal « CBS New York
wrote 3 weeks ago: Evan Bindelglass, CBSNewYork.com Check this great article on Grand Central out! NEW YORK (CBSNe … more →
Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists
wrote 3 weeks ago: Jim’s Site contains an expanding series of lists aiming to record all passenger stations and s … more →
Freight Cars that Changed the World - The Tank Car
wrote 4 weeks ago: Soon after the energy potential of petroleum was discovered in the 1850s, the railroad tank car deve … more →
New Haven Railroad Wooden Box Cars
wrote 4 weeks ago: Until 1941 the New Haven Railroad had no all steel box cars — in fact, as late as 1940 the new … more →
Steam-Powered Monorail - 1886
wrote 1 month ago: The Meigs Elevated Railway was an experimental steam-powered monorail invented by Josiah V. Meigs (a … more →
NEW! Southern Steam Feature
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wrote 1 month ago: A new photo feature here at Rock on Trains will feature various types of steam locomotives from such … more →
Canadian Corner: Canadian Pacific Railway Steam Locomotives
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wrote 1 month ago: Featured April Canadian Corner subjects are Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotive photos at Montreal, Qu … more →
