September 2, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, Unions
(Source: Sioux City Journal, September 1, 2014) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Ever since railroads began crisscrossing our nation in the 1800s, North Platte has been a hub for rail traffic. Full story: Sioux City Journal
August 25, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Desert Sun, August 24, 2014) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The roots of Southern Pacific Railroad’s path through the Coachella Valley can be traced to the country’s pre-Civil War days and the creation of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of...
July 28, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Spokesman Review, July 28, 2014) SPOKANE, Wash. — Robert Strahorn was a businessman, writer and promoter who was 25 when he was hired by Jay Gould of the Union Pacific Railroad as a publicist. For several years, Strahorn, along with wife Dell, roamed the...
July 22, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: National Railroad Museum press release, July 18, 2014) GREEN BAY, Wisc. — A new exhibit showcasing the restored Dwight D. Eisenhower locomotive, a British train renamed for President Eisenhower after World War II, will open to the public on Saturday, August 2...
July 21, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Decatur Herald & Review, July 19, 2014) DECATUR, Ill. — The events of July 19, 1974, left a mark on Decatur that is still felt 40 years later. A gas explosion in the Norfolk & Western rail yard had Decatur leading the national news and remains one...
June 26, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Green Bay Press Gazette, June 19, 2014) GREEN BAY, Wisc. — A bumpy ride home has ended for Green Bay’s prized train engine named after President Eisenhower. The bright green Dwight D. Eisenhower locomotive is back at the National Railroad Museum in...
June 24, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Roanoke Times, June 20, 2014. Editor’s note: John Nutter is a retired member of BLET Division 301.) ROANOKE, Va. — John Nutter sat on a bench inside the Virginia Museum of Transportation chuckling to himself while flipping through his section in a new...
June 2, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Charlotte Observer, May 30, 2014) SPENCER, N.C. — Some of the 20th century’s most-stylish muscle machines have rolled into town, a historic gathering of giants. Full story: Lake Wylie Pilot
May 30, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Connecticut Post, May 29, 2014) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — It was one of the deadliest train wrecks in U.S. history and it happened at the same location where a Norwalk railroad bridge became stuck Thursday morning. The deadly accident happened more than 150 years...
May 29, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, May 28, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — The Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, and the Virginia Museum of Transportation are in discussions to bring Norfolk and Western Y6a steam engine #2156, currently in the St. Louis museum, back to...
