Two years ago Butler University at Indianapolis acquired a new president, Dr. Walter Scott Athearn, a stocky, heavy-jowled pedagog who had written a book a year for 26 years and been dean of Boston ...

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Five years after World War II ended, it became apparent to the railroads that steam locomotives were not the motive power of the choice. While a half dozen locomotive builders were assembling ...

The late Dr. Robert G. Athearn (1914–1983) was a professor of Western History at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1947 until his retirement in 1982. An extraordinarily productive scholar, ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Donna and Marlin Athearn have lived in their decades-old home in the Corbin Park neighborhood in New Smyrna Beach — an area that has long struggled with repeated flooding episodes — ...

Since the second half of the 20th century, four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotives have been used extensively on short lines. The most common are the EMD SW1500 (1,500 hp/1,119 kW), GP9 (1,750 ...

During the winter months, young drivers have been heating things up at The Meadowlands, and many of them have been featured on the track’s “In The Sulky” segment. Last month Matty Athearn, 25, took ...

The Athearn HO scale EMD SW1500 pays a visit to the Jones Island section of our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy staff layout. Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno discusses the features on the end-cab ...

Clifton Hillman Athearn, a native son of West Tisbury, died on Dec. 12, 2023, at his home in West Tisbury. He was born about a half-mile from there in 1923, the youngest of four children, including ...

One month ago, driver Matt Athearn reached the 1,000-win milestone while putting the finishing touches on a notable season in the sulky that is sure to have set up the 25-year-old Maine native for ...