Private railroad plans Miami-Orlando passenger service
TAMPA -- The prospects of high-speed rail in Florida anytime soon died last year when Gov. Rick Scott turned down $2.4 billion in federal money. Now the question is whether private enterprise can...
View ArticleHistoric caboose gets a new home, restoration hope
A historic train caboose has made its final journey. Caboose 715, one of a series belonging to Flaglerâs Florida East Coast Railway, left its base Oct. 1 at the Florida Pioneer Museum in Florida...
View ArticleMuseum’s move to Frisco means prized collection of locomotives, train cars...
Packing up decades of history is never easy. But that’s just what the Museum of the American Railroad aims to do as it relocates from Fair Park to Frisco in the coming weeks. Of course, having more...
View ArticleAssignment Alaska: Alaska Railroad Engine 557's Long Journey Home
It's been a long journey home for the Alaska Railroad Engine 557. This week a semi-truck carried the steam locomotive to a railroad shop in Wasilla for restoration, but her odyssey began in 1944, when...
View ArticleVisit the birthplace of American railroading: Baltimore's B&O Railroad Museum
It is the oldest continuously operated railroad facility in the world…the first long distance commercial passenger and freight rail carrier ever conceived! And as one historian succinctly summarizes,...
View ArticleDay at transportation museum honors people who still love trains [photo...
Photos by Kyle Green | The Roanoke Times Jack Lenderking, 4, dressed in a train conductor outfit, looks out the window of a caboose while on a train ride Saturday sponsored by the Roanoke Chapter of...
View ArticleUnion Pacific Railroad Honors Marshall's Railroad Roots (UP - Union Pacific...
Mayor Ed Smith Accepts Membership to Union Pacific's Train Town USA Registry Spring, Texas, October 22, 2012- Legendary steam locomotive No. 844 made a special stop in Marshall, Texas, to celebrate...
View ArticleN.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer chronicles state’s wheels,...
jbordsen@charlotteobserver.com Rail ridership is up in North Carolina and interest in railroads never abated. June 2-3, the N.C. Transportation Museum stages its annual Rail Days Festival honoring the...
View ArticleN.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer chronicles states wheels, tracks and...
Rail ridership is up in North Carolina and interest in railroads never abated. June 2-3, the N.C. Transportation Museum stages its annual Rail Days Festival honoring the glory days of passenger...
View Article5 places on West Coast for train buffs
It's in plenty of film scenes: The air fills with clouds of steam at the depot, and a teary-eyed person waves as the train slowly chugs away. Nowadays, riding the rails may not call to mind a...
View ArticleHistory hits the tracks as railroad museum moves to Frisco
Packing up decades of history is never easy. But that’s just what the Museum of the American Railroad aims to do as it relocates from Fair Park to Frisco in the coming weeks. Of course, having more...
View ArticleRailroad museum in Dallas relocating to Frisco
Packing up decades of history is never easy. But that's just what the Museum of the American Railroad aims to do as it relocates from Fair Park to Frisco in the coming weeks. Of course, having more...
View ArticleRestored depot evolves into railroad museum
By Lynn Grisard Fullman, Special to the Times Lynn Grisard FullmanTampa Bay Times ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters Toy...
View ArticleRide the Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia
CASS, W.Va.: The Cass Scenic Railroad is a hard-working, up-the-mountain tourist rail line. It’s a slow 7 miles per hour on the steam-powered trains up Cheat Mountain to Whittaker Station and upward...
View ArticleNRHS Announces 21 Recipients of 2012 Rail Heritage Grants Program
Grants totaling $50,000 are awarded to rail preservation groups, museums, historical societies and municipalities in 14 states and District of Columbia Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012 The...
View ArticleThe Pumpkin Patch Express
All Aboard! Gather up the kids for a train ride they will remember for the rest of their lives. The Florida Railroad Museum is where you can experience and ride the historic diesel-powered train...
View ArticleOrlando's Church Street steam engine arrives at new home
The iconic 100-year-old steam engine that rested alongside Church Street Station for decades has made its way to its new home – the Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum. The switch engine was built...
View ArticleFlorida Railroad Museum tracks state history
By R.P. Joseph, Special to the Times R.P. JosephTampa Bay Times ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters It's Sunday afternoon at...
View ArticleStrasburg Rail Road’s 2013 Special Events
Strasburg Rail Road Announces Four New Events Including Steampunk unLimited Strasburg, PA (PRWEB) February 14, 2013 Imagine a place where one visit gets you hooked for more, where history comes alive,...
View ArticleEngine 39 Finds a Home at Strasburg Rail Road
Strasburg Rail Road to restore and operate the LIRR G5s Locomotive from the Railroad Museum of Long Island. Strasburg, PA (PRWEB) March 22, 2013 Another historic steam locomotive may be given a new...
View ArticleTampa event tracks railroad past
TAMPA - Tampa railroading past and present will be on display today at the sixth annual National Train Day at Union Station. The Tampa event sponsored by Amtrak, Friends of Union Station, the Florida...
View ArticleLove of railroads spans the Carolinas
SPENCER Two months shy of its 100th birthday, Copperhead looks great for its age. For decades, the great locomotive was a puffing, chugging, clanging symbol of the immense muscle of the industrial...
View ArticleNC museum celebrates state's railroad history
SPENCER, N.C. Two months shy of its 100th birthday, Copperhead looks great for its age. For decades, the great locomotive was a puffing, chugging, clanging symbol of the immense muscle of the...
View ArticleUnion Pacific Railroad's Legendary Steam Locomotive to Be On Display during...
(Source: UP - Union Pacific Corporation) Display Location Across the Street From TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb., May 30, 2013- Union Pacific Railroad's legendary steam locomotive No. 844, along...
View ArticleBooks brings historic locomotive to life
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- Some called her "Old No. 1." Others preferred "One Spot." And some even knew her as "Rosebud." But whatever her name, the Clinchfield No. 1 holds a special place in the hearts of...
View ArticleIndiana town’s residents hope to save 1909 caboose
Facebook Follow @washtimes Has the missing Malaysia plane affected your confidence in the safety of commercial flights? Login to Vote View results SHIRLEY, Ind. (AP) - It seems people all over town are...
View ArticleCaboose, engine to anchor downtown Plant City railroad display.
PLANT CITY – Retired engineer R.W. “Bob” Willaford spent a half-century collecting railroad memorabilia that includes a train engine and caboose. At age 75, he wants to ensure that his collection can...
View ArticleCaboose, engine to anchor downtown railroad display.
PLANT CITY – Retired engineer R.W. “Bob” Willaford spent a half-century collecting railroad memorabilia that includes a train engine and caboose. At age 75, he wants to ensure that his collection can...
View ArticleNational Railroad Museum: Green Bay, WI
When you think about the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the first thing that comes to mind is the Green Bay Packers, a team representing the smallest market in American sports, winner of thirteen...
View ArticleIn Amish Country, on the train to paradise
The double hoot of a steam train jolted me awake. I peeked out the window above my bed. A wispy gray tuft billowed behind a massive coal-burning locomotive as it chuffed across fields of Amish farmland...
View ArticleIt’s the rail thing in Hamlet
The Richmond County city of Hamlet is a genuine destination point for railroading fans. A beautifully restored passenger depot, a faithful replica of the first steam engine to arrive in the state...
View ArticlePlant City and Railfest celebration have roots in railroad history
PLANT CITY – If R.W. “Bob” Willaford had any second thoughts about his decision to donate his extensive railroad collection to the city, they disappeared recently. Willaford and his wife Felice were...
View ArticleJacksonville steam locomotive restoration on track for late March
Old 1504 got poked and prodded recently, the first step in a planned restoration of the steel-rail thoroughbred’s rusty flanks. Project Return to Glory inspectors crawled in and around the rust that...
View ArticleOld No. 1504 passes inspection; restoration gains steam
Old 1504 got poked and prodded recently, the first step in a planned restoration of the steel-rail thoroughbred’s rusty flanks. Project Return to Glory inspectors crawled in and around the rust that...
View Article>Indiana town's residents hope to save 1909 caboose
SHIRLEY, Ind. (AP) — It seems people all over town are thrilled about Shirley bringing up the caboose. The excitement isn't about running dead last in any way, shape or form; it's about the prospect of...
View ArticleIt’s the rail thing in Hamlet
The Richmond County town of Hamlet is a genuine destination point for railroading fans. A beautifully restored passenger depot, a faithful replica of the first steam engine to arrive in the state...
View ArticleNo. 1054 steams toward restoration after $20,000 in grants
Once it was a steel-rail thoroughbred, speeding people between Richmond and Jacksonville under a plume of coal-fired steam. Now rust streaks No. 1504’s huge boiler as holes pit the 94-year-old Atlantic...
View ArticleRailfest celebrates Plant City’s railroad heritage
PLANT CITY — The city will celebrate its railroad heritage and the recent completion of a train viewing platform with two days of festivities beginning Friday. Railfest also will include dedication of...
View ArticleNEW: Touring Florida, the hard way
Before train tracks were laid down to Florida, travel to Sarasota was a daunting task, undertaken by only the hardiest of souls. Into the late 1800s the Sunshine State was still considered America's...
View ArticleTouring Florida, the hard way
Before train tracks were laid down to Florida, travel to Sarasota was a daunting task, undertaken by only the hardiest of souls. Into the late 1800s the Sunshine State was still considered America's...
View ArticleRail trail south of Chicago attracts tourists
Several suburban Chicago communities have undertaken an effort to capture a significant but little-known nationwide tourist market: people who travel to watch trains. They are known as “rail fans.”...
View ArticleNRHS Chapter Awarded $20,000 to Save Engine No. 1504 in Jacksonville, Florida
Grants from Trains Magazine and CSX Corp. will help restore Atlantic Coast Line steam locomotive No. 1504, named to the NRHS list of most endangered railroad landmarks Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) October...
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