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This guide provides information on special Valentine’s Day train rides offered at museums and heritage railroads throughout the U.S.

Milwaukee Road’s “Litte Joes,” listed as Class EF-4 and EP-4, were 2-D+D-2 electric locomotives built by General Electric in the late 1940s.

The Milwaukee Road’s St. Paul Pass Tunnel crossed the Bitterroot Mountains near Idaho. It was opened in 1908 and was over 1.5 miles in length.

The “Super C” was a high-speed freight train operated by the Santa Fe Railway. It was introduced in 1968 and known for its fast service […]

The San Francisco Chief was a late entrant to the Santa Fe’s fleet of “Chiefs,” launched during the mid-1950s between Chicago and its home city. […]

It all begins and ends with the railroad track. Its strength determines how much tonnage a single train can move. Learn about the history of […]

The SD7 was the builder’s first six-axle road-switcher that debuted in 1952, a few years after the GP7.

The Chessie was the Chesapeake & Ohio’s still-born, luxurious all-coach train to serve the Washington, D.C. – Cincinnati corridor.

Milwaukee Road’s boxcabs, listed as Class EF-1 and EP-1, were the first electrics used by the railroad in 1915, products of General Electric and Alco.