Texas terminal
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Texas terminal

Just after the turn of the 20th century, large terminal elevators began to appear. Grain gathered in these mammoth concrete…

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Roundhouse still life
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Roundhouse still life

Roundhouses were filled with life, from steam locomotives to the workers who maintained them. This is a 2-8-2 in the…

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Refined steam
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Refined steam

Pennsylvania K4s 4-6-2 No. 5399, built at the railroad’s Juniata shops in 1923, was rebuilt by Lima in 1939 with…

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Prototype diesel
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Prototype diesel

An A-B set of drawbar-connected Boston & Maine EMD FTs (in Boston in March 1950) shows the distinctive four-porthole styling…

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Profiles in progress
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Profiles in progress

Chesapeake & Ohio H-8 2-6-6-6 No. 1647 departs Handley, W.Va., with tidewater coal — a dozen 67-inch driving wheels, 90…

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Packing produce
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Packing produce

Orange crates are stacked on end in two layers, with a third horizontal layer. The top of the load is…

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New Haven electric
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

New Haven electric

The first of New Haven’s new 3,600-hp General Electric passenger-service electric locomotives, No. 0361, poses for its builder’s photo in…

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MoPac doubleheader
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

MoPac doubleheader

Two Missouri Pacific 4-8-4s, Baldwin products of 1943, lead a westbound freight with a long string of hopper cars through…

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Midwest Mikado
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Midwest Mikado

Minneapolis & St. Louis Mikado No. 627, a 1921 Alco (Brooks) locomotive, charges toward Peoria with a hot freight in…

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Man at work
Sep 16, 2020·Photo of the Day

Man at work

Conductors had a tremendous amount of paperwork to complete, not to mention dealing with unhappy passengers, equipment problems, train schedules,…

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