By Rail in Japan (1898)
This article gives a fascinating insight into railway activities and life in Japan at the close of the nineteenth century. Originally published in "The Railway Magazine" in March 1898, the author D.T. Timins looks at what to an occidental eye must ...
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Famous Train Journeys (1992)
There is still something about a train journey which holds nostalgic memories for many people. Although many train services have disappeared for compelling political or economic, reasons largely due to the emergence of air transportation over longer distances, still others have ...
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Mail train overtakes IR 2286
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Pennsylvania 6170 Postcard
This postcard will be of interest to railroad enthusiasts. It depicts a Texas J1 class locomotive, a 2-10-4, heading into the super elevation of Pennsylvania’s Horseshoe Curve, with a consist of Pennsylvania bituminous. It was taken from an original oil painting ...
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Railway Post Office Demonstration
On September 20, 2008 Illinois Railway Museum presented a day dedicated to the Railway Mail Service and Railway Post Office cars. Back in the day, mail was not only carried by rail but in some cases was sorted enroute aboard Railway ...
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Railway Systems of the World (1957)
The following article was first published in the Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia (1957) and is a sound introduction to the various different railway system around the world at the time. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Trans-Siberia Express Railway Map ...
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
The Railway Mail Service (1884)
[This article was first published by John N. McClintock and Company, Boston 1884. Thomas P. Cheney was Superintendent New England Division United States Railway Mail Service.] It is not the purpose of this paper to give a history of the growth ...
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
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