Locomotive Ledger
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One railroad story per video, told from the record. I'm a lifelong train fanatic. Every video starts with the sources: railroad news releases, museum and owner updates, Trains, Classic Trains and Railfan & Railroad, and archive photos from the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons. Every fact is written down with its source before a word is narrated, and every photo is checked to be the engine we're talking about. Yes, the narrator is AI. I have a voice that would clear a room, so I let a robot read it. Everything else is done by hand, and I check every line before it goes up. No invented quotes, no made-up documents, no AI slop. Big Boy and the Challengers, the shops that kept them running, and the people who saved them. Got a correction? Comment with a source and I'll fix the description.
Amtrak's First GG1 Replacement Didn't Work, So the Old Machines Stayed
Locomotive Ledger · 549 views · 19 hours ago
When Did You First Go Crazy About Trains? | Welcome to Locomotive Ledger
Locomotive Ledger · 479 views · 10 days ago
Why Did the Railroads Abandon Steam So Quickly in the 1950s?
Locomotive Ledger · 24K views · 10 days ago
Why Did Britain Need 400 American Locomotives in World War II?
Locomotive Ledger · 1.6K views · 3 days ago
Where America's Retired Locomotives Really Go
Locomotive Ledger · 9.6K views · 5 days ago
Why Big Boy Runs With A Diesel It Doesn't Need
Locomotive Ledger · 7.5K views · 4 days ago
Why Union Pacific Gave Away Challenger 3985
Locomotive Ledger · 32K views · 2 weeks ago
Why Did Henry Ford Buy A Worn-Out Railroad, Then Give It Up?
Locomotive Ledger · 23K views · 6 days ago
Why Union Pacific Gave Big Boy 4014 Away, Then Took It Back
Locomotive Ledger · 319 views · 2 days ago
The Giant Locomotives Before Big Boy That Never Caught On
Locomotive Ledger · 1.9K views · 7 days ago
An Illinois Committee Chose the Route of Lincoln's Funeral Train
Locomotive Ledger · 563 views · 1 day ago
Why Do Steam Locomotives Have Small Wheels in Front and Giant Wheels in Back?
Locomotive Ledger · 1.9K views · 8 days ago
Why Union Pacific Rebuilt A Main Line Around Big Boy
Locomotive Ledger · 1.6K views · 9 days ago
Dutchman's Curve: How Two Trains Met Head-On in What May Be America's Deadliest Train Wreck
Locomotive Ledger · 110 views · 2 days ago
Why Union Pacific Gave Up On The Turbines That Followed Big Boy
Locomotive Ledger · 2.5K views · 11 days ago
The Ore Engine That Out-Pulled Big Boy Is Still Standing In Minnesota
Locomotive Ledger · 61K views · 13 days ago
The Real Reason The Caboose Disappeared
Locomotive Ledger · 63K views · 12 days ago