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A railfan was a factor in the 2008 Chatsworth train collision, as the engineer responsible for the accident had been distracted by texting the railfan while in charge of his train, eventually causing it to pass a signal at danger and crash into an oncoming Union Pacific freight train, killing 25 and injuring 135 others.
Officers from railfan clubs in those cities decided to merge and form a national organization, which they dubbed the "National Railway Historical Society". [2] Leon Franks of the Lancaster club was elected the first chairman of the NRHS and William P. Hamilton III of Trenton was the first NRHS president.
The result was the monthly publication of the Travelers Official Railway Guide of the United States, Mexico and Canada, beginning with a 200-page first edition in June 1868. Eventually the Official Guide would list all of the passenger train schedules of railroads in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.
Railfan was the first title established in-house by Carstens Publications in 1974. Originally scheduled as a quarterly, frequency increased to bi-monthly in 1977 and monthly in 1987. Carstens merged it with Railroad Magazine in 1979. White River Productions acquired Railfan & Railroad magazine from Carstens in September 2014. The magazine ...
The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826 The Canton Viaduct, built in 1834, is still in use today on the Northeast Corridor.. Between 1762 and 1764 a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British Army engineers up the steep riverside terrain near the Niagara River waterfall's escarpment at the Niagara Portage in Lewiston ...
W. Williams (1848), Appletons' Railroad and Steamboat Companion: being a Travellers' Guide through the United States of America, Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, New York: D. Appleton & Co., ISBN 0665423276, OL 24771221M; Appletons' National Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for the United States and Canada. (D. Appleton & Co.) 1856-. [7]
Railfan & Railroad is an American monthly magazine that has been in publication since the 1970s. It was the first magazine title established in-house by Carstens Publications . As a magazine dedicated to trains and rail transportation , it stands out from its main competitor Trains as a publication focused on the enthusiast and related activities.
After December 1942, Railroad Magazine was published by Popular Publications, which purchased the Munsey Company.It dropped railroad fiction after January 1979. [2] At mid-century, the magazine staff consisted of editor Henry B. Comstock, associate editors K.M. Campbell and Ted Sanchargin, art editor George H. Mabie, and "Electric Lines" editor Stephen B. Maguire.