Month: August 2021

This colour photograph shows an exhibition room at the Albany Institute of History & Art featuring prints on the right-hand wall, a glass case containing silver dining-car cutlery centre and, on the far wall, a framed poster by Leslie Ragan depicting the streamlined 20th Century Limited locomotive.

Romancing the Rails

Written by Sheldrake Editor on 26th August, 2021. Posted in News.

As publishers of a new book on railroads, we were delighted to hear of a sparkling new exhibition celebrating the golden age of US rail travel. Romancing the Rails tells how the New York Central confronted competition from automobiles with visually stunning advertising, luxurious dining cars and sleek streamlined trains.

You Too Can Drive a Big Boy

Written by Vanessa Zard on 12th August, 2021. Posted in Blog.

You are at the controls of a Union Pacific Big Boy, the largest steam locomotive in the world. Using the interactive levers, valves and gauges in this Train Simulator, you too can drive a Big Boy. You have 7,000 horsepower at your command. Are you ready for the challenge?

Month: August 2021

Romancing the Rails

You Too Can Drive a Big Boy

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