On this Trainscapes, I wanted to feature some cool videos from YouTube channel Nick Valdez. He got footage of the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge freight train which is a part of the […]
Trainscapes: Video Roundup Of Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014 Steam Locomotive
This week has been awesome for train fans like me! Union Pacific has completed restoration of American Locomotive Company 4000-class 4-8-8-4 locomotive, popularly named Big Boy. It took years for Union Pacific […]
Trainscapes: Trains Moving In Flood Water
Yes, as long as the flood water is not too deep, trains can move through flood water. In these videos from the YouTube channel Runnin’ Eight, you first see a track foreman […]
Trainscapes: Experience A High-Speed Train Service From Hong Kong To Beijing
China has been building a ton of new infrastructure including ports, freeways, and high-speed trains. A person named Mark Smith was in China and bought himself a train ticket from Hong Kong […]
Trainscapes: Lessons Learned From Working On A Historic American West Railroad
I love trains! So when I saw this video from National Geographic, I definitely watched it! Nat Geo went out to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Traveling for 64-miles along the border between […]
Trainscapes: Ride Along The Sahara Railway, One Of The World’s Most Extreme Railways
This short film from National Geographic was fascinating. The video profiles the Mauritania Railway. The railway is more than 430 miles long, and it has been transporting iron ore across the blistering heat […]
Go Inside The President’s Bulletproof Railcar
I love trains! And before airplane travel became the faster and more convenient way for the president to travel, the Commander In Chief had to travel by train. From the YouTube channel Tom […]
Trainscapes: Four Trains At The Anniston Train Station
So here is a new video where I went down to the Anniston, Alabama Train Station and took video of some passing trains including three Norfolk Southern freight trains and a Amtrak […]
Trainscapes: Norfolk Southern Still Blocking Anniston Alabama Railroad Crossings
Last week, a house burned in Anniston. Firefighters could not get to the home quickly because Norfolk Southern had a train parked and blocking a crossing, for days! No, this is not […]
See Video And Pictures Of The North Pole Express Train
Each Christmas season, the Heart Of Dixie Railroad Museum allows people of all ages to ride to the North Pole on the North Pole Express. Families with children board the train […]
