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Originally scheduled as a quarterly, frequency increased to bi-monthly in 1977 and monthly in 1987. Carstens merged it with Railroad Magazine in 1979. White River Productions acquired Railfan & Railroad magazine from Carstens in September 2014. The magazine covers railroad topics throughout North America, including freight and passenger lines.
Railroad historians mark the 1906 Hepburn Act that gave the ICC the power to set maximum railroad rates as a damaging blow to the long-term profitability and growth of railroads. [168] After 1910 the lines faced an emerging trucking industry to compete with for freight, and automobiles and buses to compete for passenger service. [77]: 348–64
TCA issues three publications during the year, the Train Collector Quarterly [5] (a magazine dedicated to tinplate and contemporary trains), the National Headquarters News (listing of the monthly Chapter and Division meets as well as other information), and the e*Train [6] (an online magazine). Other organizations reference TCA and the York ...
The railroad had electrified 2,677 miles (4,308 km) of its track, representing 41% of the country's electrically operated standard railroad trackage. Portions of the electrified trackage are still in use, owned and operated by Amtrak as the Northeast Corridor and Keystone Corridor high-speed rail routes, [51] by SEPTA, [52] and by NJ Transit. [53]
The railroad's founder William Jackson Palmer during the early planning stages of the railroad in 1871 visited the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales while on his honeymoon, and while in the United Kingdom consulted with Scottish engineer Robert Francis Fairlie who convinced Palmer of the advantages of building the Rio Grande using narrow gauge. [5]
Pentrex Media Group, LLC, is an American producer and seller of railfan-related videos and DVDs. It was founded in 1984 and was originally headquartered in Pasadena, California. [1] The company discontinued the sale of VHS video tapes on July 31, 2009. [2]
The New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Company was a railroad business chartered in 1880 to connect New York City with Mexico City with the initial tracks laid in Texas (1880–1905). [1] Known colloquially as The Macaroni Line , [ 2 ] it was established by Joseph Telfener , an Italian engineer and financier.
Brian K Landis Rockford area Railroad's co-author Landis= Brian [ year=2010. 2017 issue of the Northwest Quarterly Magazine. Brian Landis Harlem Illinois & The K D Line a Railroad Ran Through it. 2020 New Book Harlem Township in Winnebago County pictures of the Kenosha & Rockford Railroad/K D Line in the book, Brian Landis of Machesney Park ...