IC’s Central Station, Chicago
Illinois Central opened its Central Station on Chicago’s lakefront in April 1893. This 1950s view shows the grand arched waiting…
Read moreIllinois Central opened its Central Station on Chicago’s lakefront in April 1893. This 1950s view shows the grand arched waiting…
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With cars from the New Haven Railroad interchange at Maybrook, N.Y., a Lehigh & Hudson River freight makes a smoky…
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The head-end brakeman of a Missouri Pacific freight train looks out from his “doghouse” on the tender of 2-8-2 No.…
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Union Pacific No. 5702 was assigned and lettered as a mail storage car. Built by ACF in 1949, it was…
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On June 20, 1950, seven months after the Nickel Plate Road leased the 500-mile Wheeling & Lake Erie, W&LE Berkshire…
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A baggageman loads express and LCL aboard a combine on a mixed train on the Canadian Pacific (Quebec Central) at…
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Rio Grande PA 6013 descends the Front Range of the Rockies with the Denver-bound Yampa Valley on Aug. 13. 1966.…
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Ex-Pennsy H10s 2-8-0 No. 85 of the 21-mile Western Allegheny Railroad heads a train of big Bessemer & Lake Erie…
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The Santa Fe Railway pioneered the 2-10-2 type in 1903 with a group of engines that were essentially 2-10-0 helper…
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Western Maryland 2-8-0s 840 and 816 swing around one curve and into another as they lead a coal train east…
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A mix of older wood reefers and new steel cars mingle on the cleanout and ready tracks at Swift’s Sioux…
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Three of Denver & Rio Grande Western’s giant 3600-series 2-8-8-2s team up to lift a 42-car train up Tennessee Pass…
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