The Great Smoky Mountains Railway made movie history with the filming of the full size train wreck in the block buster movie, “The Fugitive” on their Railroad back in 1993. Most of […]
Trainscapes: Started Out Switchin’, Ended Up Chasin’!
Danny from Distant Signal has a new video out profiling railroad switching and following an ethanol train. Here’s another example of “You never know what you’re gonna get.” We got some really […]
Trainscapes: Prichard Alabama Train Derailment From 1977
Let’s go back way in time to 1977 where Channel 10 covered a story of a train derailment in Prichard, Alabama. Watch the classic report below reported by Joe Garadino.
Trainscapes: What Those CSX Letter Prefixes Mean
Ever wondered what the letter prefixes mean on the CSX lines? From Distant Signal, you get to learn a lot more about the CSX lines and what those letter prefixes really mean. […]
Trainscapes: Autistic YouTuber Travels On Amtrak
Can someone with an disability travel on their own on Amtrak? Yes they can! Jen from Rebranding Autism got a chance to participate in the #AmtrakTakeMeThere Social Media program. She rode on […]
Trainscapes: Chasing Reroutes On The Bow Line
From the Distant Signal YouTube channel comes another great train video. Railfan Danny got word that CSX was re-routing some of it’s regular traffic from the Fitzgerald sub to the Bow Line […]
Trainscapes: Amtrak’s Grand Plan For Profitability
We know that Amtrak has been struggling for years to be profitable. But, with Congress looking into cuts, could many of Amtrak’s long distance trains that serves small communities be cut for […]
Trainscapes: Reading & Northern Train Derailment Video
A trainfan caught a moment of a lifetime video of a major train derailment in Pennsylvania. The YouTuber Trainutjob Videos was filming along the Reading and Northern’s NRFF7 in Nesquehoning, PA. Everything […]
The Evening Post: Canadian Pacific Holiday Train
I love this! Canadian Pacific each year runs two holiday trains on their track system, and it attracts a lot of people who are excited to witness the holiday train. Below, you […]
Trainscapes: Southern Railway- Saluda Grade Training Video
The Saluda Grade along the Norfolk Southern Railroad is one of the steepest railroad grades in North America. Sadly, this line is no longer in use. But, when it was used, the […]
