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Rock & Roll the Railfanning Experience

September 17, 2024 Todd DeFeo

America’s North Coast, or the 216, if you prefer, may be best known as the birthplace — or home — of Rock & Roll, but it’s not a bad place to watch trains.

An Unexpected Steam Train Encounter in New Zealand

August 29, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Number 508, or Gertie, was built in 1877 by the Avonside Engine Company in Bristol, England.

A Santa Fe Locomotive Idles at the Kentucky Railway Museum

August 26, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Santa Fe No. 2546, built in 1949, idles at the Kentucky Railway Museum.

Waiting for a Flight and Exploring Detroit’s ExpressTram

August 19, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Is it time to revisit the conversation of making airport shuttle fanning a subgenre of railfanning?

Locomotive No. 7 Departs Greenfield Village’s Smiths Creek Depot

August 5, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Greenfield Village’s locomotive No. 7 departs the Smiths Creek Depot, built for the Grand Trunk Railway in 1858, in August 2024.