Fighting snow on the Rio Grande narrow gauge
Rio Grande rotary plow OY stands with 2-8-2 494 at Osier, Colo., on January 4, 1952, during one of the…
Read moreRio Grande rotary plow OY stands with 2-8-2 494 at Osier, Colo., on January 4, 1952, during one of the…
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Five Denver & Rio Grande Western F7 diesels roll a westbound freight through scenic Glenwood Canyon between Dotsero and Glenwood…
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Displaced from more glamorous duties by the decline in passenger service, three Erie Lackawanna PAs lead an eastbound piggyback train…
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Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 1624 has cut off from its eastbound coal train to take sand, coal, and water at…
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Running as the Red Devil to Columbus, Cincinnati & Lake Erie “Red Devil” car 125 pauses to receive passengers at…
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Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited clatters over the slip switches outside Chicago Union Station at the end of its 2,319-mile…
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This northward view shows the sprawling Cincinnati Union Terminal complex not long before it was put into service in March…
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Franconia Paper Co. 0-4-0T No. 3, built by Porter in 1917 for the Watertown (Mass.) Arsenal, putters about the paper…
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Norfolk & Western class Z1b 2-6-6-2 1480 is at Norton, Va., in May 1952. A decent-sized engine by most standards,…
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FP7 No. 405 backs past Joliet (Ill.) Union Station to pick up a Rock Island suburban consist for a run…
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Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 Mallet 3413 helps 2-8-8-2 3606, a newer, simple-expansion locomotive, up the Front Range of the Rockies with…
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Rock Island passenger trains: All through February 2025, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of the Missouri…
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