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Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3404, nicely turned out with white tires, running boards, and cylinder-head covers, assists a train up Tennessee…
Read moreRio Grande 2-8-8-2 3404, nicely turned out with white tires, running boards, and cylinder-head covers, assists a train up Tennessee…
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An early-1940s view from atop St. Louis Union Station’s trainshed imparts a sense of how busy the big terminal was…
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Having gotten a full bunker of coal, Tennessee Railroad 2-8-2 No. 40 takes water from the big tank at Oneida,…
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Northern Pacific’s westbound Mainstreeter carries several head-end cars as it rolls near Missoula, Mont., in 1966, including four NP express baggage cars,…
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Making 90 mph on an E7, a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road foreman of engines whistles for a grade crossing…
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Passengers line up along the marble ticket counter just inside the front entrance of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal shortly…
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In September 1955, Pennsylvania Railroad M1 4-8-2 6894 leads an ore train west at Alexandria, Pa., on the road’s Hollidaysburg…
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GE’s 70-tonner was ideal for the lightly constructed Pacific Great Eastern. The British Columbia road had six of them, two…
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The Soo Line used what it called Mobile Cleaning Units — trucks with a power sweeper, power washers, and other…
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Canadian Pacific 4-4-0 136 waits to enter the one-stall engine house at Norton, N.B., after bringing a mixed train in…
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New York Central J-3a Hudson 5414, modified with twin sealed-beam headlight and high-capacity centipede tender, departs La Salle Street Station,…
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GG1 4901’s nose door is ajar as it leads sister 4894 on the Pennsy’s Liberty Limited out of Baltimore in September 1954.…
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