There’s a kind of calm that settles in once the train starts moving. The usual rush fades, replaced by steady motion and ...

During the train ride, CVSR volunteers gave oral histories of the CVNP, the CVSR, and the 1944 Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 765 ... to enjoy breathtaking views of the CVNP. The 1948 ...

Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) joined other congressional lawmakers in co-leading the Locomotives Act, to stop California from imposing "burdensome" regulations on trains operating across state lines.

The Locomotives Act aims to prevent California from imposing stringent regulations on interstate trains. The act seeks to revise the Clean Air Act, limiting California's ability to enforce ...

To meet the challenge of both Zephyr Twins and 400, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R. R. last week took delivery on the first specially-built streamlined steam locomotive in the U.

California Zephyr is a 2yo bay unknown from United States trained by Matthew Fales, who is based at . It is sired by the stallion Freighttrain B out of the dam Fannie Blankers. California Zephyr is ...

But for a locomotive enthusiast like me, it was worth it. In January, I took a 15-hour ride through the American Southwest on Amtrak's California Zephyr, an overnight train. I paid $400 to stay in ...

locomotives. The CARB conclusion that “the California grid can handle electrification of all switchers in all railyards” thus is a blatant obfuscation of the issue of power needs attendant ...

Nobody understands the magic of Amtrak's California Zephyr train quite like Brad Swartzwelter, better known to passengers as Conductor Brad. During Swartzwelter's 30-year career as a conductor ...

It is amazing that the California Air Resources Board would entertain a requirement for battery-powered locomotives (“California Says Don’t Keep on Truckin’,” Review & Outlook, June 18).

The problem has been made clearer by an under-the-radar plan to phase out diesel locomotives in California. If the federal government provides the state with a helping hand, it would bring ...