Here are a few railroad practices that were common in the 1980s but not today. Freight trains used to have a staffed caboose as the last car for safety, now replaced by an electronic device. Cabooses ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to ...
Warwood Tool manufactures forged-steel, hand tools for the railway track maintenance industry. The company has an extensive line of railway track products ranging from claw bars and spike pullers, to ...
Southern Pacific railroad work crew foreman Tom Lupio sites along railroad track to check repair work March 12, 1984. Tony Hertz Here are a few railroad practices that were common in the 1980s but not ...