Baltimore beauty
Sep 22, 2025·Photo of the Day

Baltimore beauty

PCC car 7352 passes the imposing York Road car house in June 1960; this and six other Baltimore barns were…

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AT&SF Atlantic
Sep 18, 2025·Photo of the Day

AT&SF Atlantic

Built in 1910 by Baldwin, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 1485 is one of 23 similar locomotives that operated…

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Armstrong indeed
Sep 17, 2025·Photo of the Day

Armstrong indeed

Armstrong levers – so named because they took some arm strength to move – were used to throw turnouts and…

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‘Royal Gorge’
Sep 16, 2025·Photo of the Day

‘Royal Gorge’

The Rio Grande passenger train named Royal Gorge paused for 10 minutes of sightseeing at the bottom of the chasm in the…

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‘Rebel’ rails
Sep 15, 2025·Photo of the Day

‘Rebel’ rails

Alco’s distinctive pre-war DL passenger locomotives were styled by industrial designer Otto Kuhler. The diesels also featured a distinct sound,…

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Seaboard Coast Line E7
Sep 12, 2025·Photo of the Day

Seaboard Coast Line E7

Former Atlantic Coast Line E7 537 was relettered for Seaboard Coast Line following ACL’s mid-1967 merger with Seaboard Air Line.…

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Refueling at New Orleans
Sep 11, 2025·Photo of the Day

Refueling at New Orleans

A hostler tops off the fuel tank of an Illinois Central E unit at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal…

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Pullman on a turntable
Sep 10, 2025·Photo of the Day

Pullman on a turntable

Central Vermont 0-8-0 501 stands by as a New Haven sleeping car is turned on the turntable at St. Albans,…

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Pride of the Pennsy
Sep 9, 2025·Photo of the Day

Pride of the Pennsy

The westbound Broadway Limited is just a few miles from its destination as it pauses at Englewood Union Station on the South…

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Mount Clare makes a Mountain
Sep 5, 2025·Photo of the Day

Mount Clare makes a Mountain

Between 1942 and ’48, Baltimore & Ohio’s Mount Clare shops in Baltimore created 40 essentially new dual-service 4-8-2s. The class…

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Mohawk at Waterloo
Sep 4, 2025·Photo of the Day

Mohawk at Waterloo

New York Central 4-8-2 2952 storms through Waterloo, Indiana, 367 miles west of Buffalo, with a westbound freight in 1948.…

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