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Monday morning, we awoke to a snowstorm ... on April 23rd! Amtrak's Pennsylvanian headed east.

Railfanning the Horseshoe Curve Area

A bunch of us were in the Horseshoe Curve area in April 2012 ... and weather was lot less than optimal. But we captured lots of beautiful trains....
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Bill Linson's Paducah and Lake Erie

Bill’s Basement on YouTube: The Paducah and Lake Erie

Video of the progress on Bill Linson's Paducah and Lake Erie HO scale modern day coal-hauling railroad set in the Allegheny Mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania....
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With an engine to test for

Build A Small Engine House Using Containers

Using containers for the sides of a small engine house may seem a little off key, but the prototype of such a facility can be found in the yard at the R.J. Corman headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky. When friend and resident of Lexington, Allan Silverberg, sent me the photographs, I k...
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This is UP SD 80 MAC #8066, on the point of an empty coal train westbound at the historic Kirkwood Station and headed back to the Wyoming coal fields.

Bill Linson’s St. Louis Railroading

Great photos of iconic St. Louis railroad scenes by Bill Linson. Kirkwood Station, UP Challenger 3895, Eureka, Geyer Road....
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