Trains
Conneaut, Ohio
This used to be a very busy depot. Now it is a museum.
You can stand on the other side and watch the
Amtrak whizzing by on the Conrail tracks.
Far to the right is a real caboose and a Nickel Plate Engine
that visitors can walk through and examine.
The museum contains over a million pieces of railroad history.
The cost to visitors is totally free.
The museum is run on donations and hosted by
volunteers who are in the most part ex-Nickel Plate employees.
The Nickel Plate Steam train in operation.
built in 1944 at Lima, Ohio
1974 The Coast Starlight
It was made by General Motors
The Chattahooche Choo Choo
Fort Benning, Georgia
Original locomotive, car, and track
of the Fort Benning narrow gauge railroad.
This railroad served the U.S. Army Infantry School
from 1921 to 1946 mainly in transporting students
who affectionately called it "The Chattahooche Choo Choo".
During peak operations there were
15 locomotives and about 150 cars of all types.
One of the many passengers was then PFC Clifford Baker
who ultimately became my dad.
Virginian Railway's Number 126
A class EL2B Electric
stands on display at Roanoke, Virginia
during the 1957 National Railway Historical Society's Convention.
North Creek, Warren County
Thendara, Herkimer County
Fort Edward, New York
This is a photo of my grandfather Arthur Russell and a friend of his. He spent many years as both brakeman and at times switchman on the Delaware and Hudson.