Feeling creative? Need a little inspiration to find just the right words? The Amtrak Residency for writers may be the perfect solution. #AmtrakResidency will allow for up to 24 writers to take long-distance trains to work on their projects. Each writer’s round-trip journey will include accommodations on board a sleeper car equipped with a bed, […]
The Rise and Fall of Penn Station
A fascinating program, worth watching for any train history buff, about the building and eventual demolition of the amazing Penn Station in New York, will be on PBS Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 at 9:00 PM. Part of the wonder of traveling by train in the past, were the sometimes spectacular train stations passengers passed through. […]
Record Number of Visitors Come to Lake Shore Railway Museum in 2013
Over 11,000 people visited the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, Pennsylvania, during 2013. Efforts over the past few years to improve the museum’s holdings, to present better programming, and to advertise more effectively are reaping measurable benefits. Museum popularity keeps growing Beginning in 2010, and continuing through 2012, over 10,000 railfans came to […]
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4014 Moving for Restoration – Updated with Video
What a beauty! What a beast! Union Pacific, number 4014, one of the 4-8-8-4 Big Boys will be restored at Union Pacific’s rail yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The locomotive has begun the move, being towed first to the Colton, California UP yard and then, this spring, it will be towed to Cheyenne for the restoration. […]
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