Ellis on the Rails
Ellis SimonNews, opinion, and analysis on all aspects of railroads and model railroading. Opinions are my own.
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Modern Railroad Rises From J.P. Morgan’s Financial Fiasco
An Amtrak AEM-7 electric locomotive leads a westbound Northeast Regional train onto the 19th Century swing bridge over the Norwalk River in 1995. The bridge is being replaced by a horizontal lift bridge that will make navigation easier and...
Take a Ride on the Reading
A pair of EMD FP-7 diesel locomotives leads a train out of Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal in September 1964. In 1981 SEPTA ended service to Reading, Bethlehem, and Newark, NJ. Photo by Roger Puta in public domain.
Anyone who has played Mo...
Philadelphia Metro Provides Great Train Watching, Train Riding Opportunities
New Hope & Ivyland steam locomotive leads excursion train out of New Hope. The railroad is now simply the New Hope Railroad and diesel locomotives haul most trains.
Two months ago, I moved from Long Island to a 55-plus community in Bucks C...
Big Boy Tour Celebrates America’s Glory and Railroad Heritage
Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 crossing Tunkhannock Viaduct in Nicholson, PA.
The people of the state where I now reside, Pennsylvania, have become stricken with Big Boy Mania, it seems. They are the latest victims of an epidemic that previou...
"When you come to a Fork in the Road Take It"
Happy Holidays, dear readers.
Over the next few months my wife and I will be preparing to move to a 55+ community and put our house on the market. Consequently, I will be writing less frequently since I won’t have enough bandwidth to deal...
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Retired public relations executive now putting his skills to work writing about what he loves - trains!
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