Canadian commuters
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Canadian commuters

Following a freewheeling “flying switch” maneuver to change ends, No. 46 couples to its train at Dorval, Que., and departs…

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Escanaba in the daylight
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Escanaba in the daylight

The Escanaba & Lake Superior dieselized in the mid-1940s with Baldwin locomotives, including DS-4-4-660 No. 101, purchased new in November…

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Factory fresh
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Factory fresh

  Railway Express Agency bought 500 new steel plug door reefers from American Car & Foundry in 1947-48. They initially…

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Fs for freight
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Fs for freight

Minneapolis & St. Louis was known for its freights that ran south from the Twin Cities through Iowa to Peoria,…

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Protecting a GG1
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Protecting a GG1

A crossing watchman is out with his STOP sign to warn motorists to stay clear of a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad…

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Decapod delight
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Decapod delight

Gainesville Midland 2-10-0 No. 207 churns its 56-inch drivers across the Southern Railway’s Washington–Atlanta main line at Gainesville, Ga. The…

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‘The Carpetbaggers’
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

‘The Carpetbaggers’

Santa Fe 2-6-2 No. 1010 is seen at Pasadena, Calif., in 1963 as a prop in the movie “The Carpetbaggers.”…

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Titans of transportation
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Titans of transportation

New York Central boss Alfred E. Perlman, left, shakes hands with Chairman Robert R. Young, hanging out the window of…

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Rescued!
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Rescued!

As a streetcar rolls by, Missouri Pacific 0-8-0 9721 and caboose have tied on to stalled 2-10-2 helper 1716 and…

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Semi-streamlined
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Semi-streamlined

St. Louis-San Francisco semi-streamlined 4-8-2 No. 1503 works at Kirkwood, Mo., in 1942. The railroad, best known simply as the…

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Sportsman
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Sportsman

Chesapeake & Ohio’s lengthy Sportsman curves east through the Blue Ridge Mountains at Afton, Va., in July 1965. William E. Warden Jr.…

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Stockton station
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day

Stockton station

Santa Fe’s eastbound Golden State pulls into Stockton, Calif., on its way to Bakersfield in the 1950s. Passengers are lined up to…

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