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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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After Arriving in Edinburgh by Train

July 28, 2024 Todd DeFeo
The train from London to Edinburgh is perhaps the best way to travel between the two cities.

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A Heritage Unit Passes Through Smyrna, Georgia

July 26, 2024 Special to Railfanning.org
CSX Transportation’s newly painted Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad heritage unit passes through Smyrna, Georgia, on the historic Western & Atlantic Railroad in June 2024.

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