Swamp Rats
May 4, 2021·Photo of the Day

Swamp Rats

Swamp Rats Argent Lumber 2-6-2 No. 5, a 1910 Lima (left) brings logs to the Bear Creek transfer point as…

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Seatrain Georgia
May 3, 2021·Photo of the Day

Seatrain Georgia

Seatrain Georgia Seatrain Georgia, built in 1951 as one of the last two 1928-style rail car ships, is on the…

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Sunset Limited station stop
Apr 30, 2021·Photo of the Day

Sunset Limited station stop

Sunset Limited station stop Southern Pacific 4-8-2 4326 has just entered Arizona from California as it brings the Sunset Limited…

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Grain train on the prairie
Apr 29, 2021·Photo of the Day

Grain train on the prairie

Grain train on the prairie A Canadian Pacific GP9 switches the grain elevator at Headingley, Manitoba, in August 1980. In…

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Flexi-Van flexibility
Apr 28, 2021·Photo of the Day

Flexi-Van flexibility

Flexi-Van flexibility A driver loads a New York Central Flexi-Van container from a truck bogie onto a flatcar in 1958.…

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Extra 6311 East
Apr 27, 2021·Photo of the Day

Extra 6311 East

Extra 6311 East A westbound freight, led by an F7 quartet, coils past Extra 6311 East near Alta, Calif., in…

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Windy City excursion
Apr 26, 2021·Photo of the Day

Windy City excursion

Windy City excursion A Michigan Railroad Club special from Detroit to Chicago pauses for a crew change at Battle Creek,…

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Newsworthy
Apr 23, 2021·Photo of the Day

Newsworthy

Newsworthy New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal’s newsstand is centrally located in the facility’s main room. The $25.5 million facility had…

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Automobile unloading
Apr 22, 2021·Photo of the Day

Automobile unloading

Automobile unloading Ramps at many early auto-handling facilities were permanently mounted. This Buck ramp on the Louisville & Nashville in…

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Steam superlative
Apr 21, 2021·Photo of the Day

Steam superlative

Steam superlative The Rock Island had a fleet of 85 4-8-4s, largest in the United States. Here, No. 5058 leads…

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Kickbacks
Apr 20, 2021·Photo of the Day

Kickbacks

Kickbacks Cars of coal are unloaded dockside by the Chesapeake & Ohio at this massive facility in Newport News, Va.…

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Wide open spaces
Apr 19, 2021·Photo of the Day

Wide open spaces

Wide open spaces Great Northern 2-8-2 No. 3117 is westbound at Richmond, Minn., in 1955. The railroad’s territory was sparsely…

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