In 1979 the L&N still had 2 yards in Evansville: the former C&EI Wansford yard and the L&N Howell yard. On 2-17-79, L&N power idles at the steam-era engine facility inside Wansford yard. Photo by Scott Muskopf. Slides are rolling in, but we’re still searching for more. Areas needed are surprisingly the Indianapolis area, northeast…
If you are looking for great Christmas gifts for the railfans on your life, there are 2 great books still available for under the tree! Rails Around Michigan and Rails Around Missouri! Rails Around Michigan is available from amazon.com as a print-on-demand title. Rails Around Missouri is available by contacting Don Banwart, donald@sekan.com, or calling…
Big news coming! Stay tuned for a major update on Rails Around Missouri!
UP + Rock Island, MP + ATSF or Southern? BN + SP? In the current September 2015 issue of TRAINS magazine, writer Dan Machalaba lists his top 13 railroad blunders of all time. Sitting at number 6 is Union Pacific’s failed bid to acquire the Rock Island. UP wanted to solidify its reach in to…
After posting the previous blog about my trip to Marceline Monday, I went to post the video on YouTube, where I rembered the first vidroom ever shot there. I had been chasing Frisco 1522 to Brookfield with Steve Anderson, and on the way back, we decided to stop in Marceline, since it was literally right…