Several weeks ago, I talked about some of the challenges of railroading in the fall.  Since the weather has gotten colder since then, I th...

If you follow our Facebook page, you may have seen this one already, but I thought it would share it on here too.  Actually, it came out b...

I realize today is Thursday, which is unusual for this post.  I remembered yesterday morning that it was Wednesday, and I knew what I want...

Every day in railroading, trains run with more than one engine, yet only with one train crew.  This is accomplished by a "multiple un...

The idea of helper locomotives is about as old as mountain railroading.  Anytime a heavy train needs to go up a steep or long grade, additio...

When we are assigned to take either an empty or loaded coal train, we always figure it should be a pretty simple trip.  Coal trains never ha...