South Dakota Short Line Plans to Cease Operations
The Sisseton Milbank Railroad has abandoned its plan to rehabilitate its line in eastern South Dakota and will instead ask regulators to cease operations.
Reading & Northern Rail Sale to Proceed
Reading & Northern’s $7 million purchase of a 60-mile rail line in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, will proceed after R.J. Corman’s lawsuit challenging the sale was dismissed and the parties settled.
America 250 Locomotive Celebration at Spencer
A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of colorful patriotic locomotives and equipment at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, co-sponsored by Railfan & Railroad.
A Hundred Years on the Route 66 Railway
The “Mother Road” celebrates a century, intertwined with the former Santa Fe rails that follow it to the Pacific.
Photo Line: The Old C&NW at Owanka, South Dakota
Owanka, South Dakota, is located on former Chicago & North Western rails, now operated by the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad.
Camera Bag: Lessons From Stein
The Center for Railroad Photography & Art dives into the collection of Richard Steinheimer, arguably the greatest western railroad photographer of the 20th century.
Inventing the Southwest
Through prose, painting, photography, and clever advertising, Santa Fe heavily marketed the Southwest as a place of scenic wonder.


















