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  The Bison and the Bear

  July 20, 2011 - posted by TrainLife Staff - 2,421 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  Montana in October. Fall's green and gold in Big Sky Country offers this colorful setting for ATSF 5154 as it ushers eastbound MRL train No. 122 over skyline Trestle. When I started reading railroad publications years ago, certain subj...
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  The First Turbo SD: Part 3

  June 2, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,746 views - 2 comments - 0 likes

  by George Melvin A quartet of 11-month-old CB&Q SD24s wheel tonnage through Sandwich, IL, on April 24, 1960. The second unit is the ill-fated 508, the first of the series to be retired. Standard equipment included the high short hood, auxiliary...
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  From the Ozarks to the Delta

  April 7, 2011 - posted by TrainLife Staff - 2,763 views - 0 comments - 1 like

  By Randy Woods, M.D., and Bob Plough Southbound Thayer Local train No. 91680 aprroaches Cedar Gap, Missouri, on April 27, 1995. An average of 20 to 25 daily trains use the scenic route. Bob Plough photo The St. Louis-San Francisco R...
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  What's New

  Invalid date - posted by TrainLife Staff - 3,397 views - 0 comments - 0 likes

  A Somewhat Curmudgeonly View of Railroads and the Use of Alizarin Crimson What's New Text and Paintings by Ted Rose I'm just old enough to remember steam locomotives in regular use, to have witnessed the dramatic physical and social...