The rise and fall of a Santa Fe yard span in Belen, N.M. If his freight yard were a pirate ship, Santa Fe Railway yardmaster Adam B. Baca captained from the crow’s nest. For decades, he ascended to a metal-clad cabin atop a steel pedestrian...
It’s a fine view in the Rockies from VIA Rail train No. 1 F M H D M CA S A S, passengers aboard VIA Rail train No. 1 have a spectacular view of the moody peaks of the Canadian Rockies on July 19, 2013. The westbound Canadian has a green...
Countless trains have had this very same battle with Tehachapi terrain since Southern Pacific opened the route 150 years ago, in September 1876. Railroading unfolds in slow motion on Tehachapi Loop. That’s partly because of how far you can see...
