Banana engine. Progress Rail 7209 (EMDX 7209, SD70ACe-T4) makes even the KCS "Southern Belle" scheme seem subdued as the mixed lashup sits near the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad offices in New ... (more)
The reveal. When Webb Rail LLC - WEBX former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) came out of the shop on the pre-dawn hours of Friday, July 17, 2020, it was ... (more)
No passengers please. Amtrak 36 (P42DC) leads seven other P42s in the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday, July 17, 2020. But they are not going anywhere anyti... (more)
A few words on design. When Budd built the bulk of its streamlined stainless steel rail cars from the 1940s-1960s, it worked at the direction of its customer railroads, who in turn were designing ... (more)
Sunrise on the Sunset Limited. The tri-weekly Amtrak Sunset Limited (Train 1, P42DCs 45 and 28) has just begun its journey of 1,995 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana to Los Angeles, California on ... (more)