Servicing a CN 4-8-4
Jan 6, 2025·Photo of the Day

Servicing a CN 4-8-4

Servicing a CN 4-8-4 The engineer and fireman in the cab of Canadian National 4-8-4 6179 wait for men on…

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On the old Buffalo & Susquehanna
Jan 1, 2025·Photo of the Day

On the old Buffalo & Susquehanna

Consolidation 3127 rambles along Baltimore & Ohio’s former Buffalo & Susquehanna near West Bingham, Pa., in September 1955. Philip R.…

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Windy City arrival
Dec 29, 2024·Photo of the Day

Windy City arrival

Southbound from Milwaukee, Amtrak E9 No. 434 makes its way into Chicago Union Station in 1975. The locomotive is former…

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Wide-open
Dec 27, 2024·Photo of the Day

Wide-open

Illinois Central 4-8-2 No. 2606 speeds south with freight CN-3 near Monee, Ill., in June 1953. The tabletop landscape provides…

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Wheat Kings
Dec 26, 2024·Photo of the Day

Wheat Kings

Two Canadian Pacific Geeps switch several 40-foot grain boxcars at the wooden Alberta Wheat Pool elevators at Lomond, Alberta, in…

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Two, please
Dec 23, 2024·Photo of the Day

Two, please

In June 1955, Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1498, built in 1923, shoves two empty hoppers toward a mine near…

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Twilight in daylight
Dec 20, 2024·Photo of the Day

Twilight in daylight

Three Delaware, Lackawanna & Western F3s power the Twilight at Morristown, N.J., in the early 1950s. The railroad had 71 FT and…

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Texas Tunnel
Dec 19, 2024·Photo of the Day

Texas Tunnel

The eastbound Southern Pacific Sunset Limited approaches the Memorial Tunnel at El Paso, Texas, on March 15, 1952. Born in 1894, the Sunset had…

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Tanks a lot
Dec 18, 2024·Photo of the Day

Tanks a lot

A tank car begins its descent from the crest of the hump at Union Pacific’s North Plate, Neb., hump yard.…

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SPUD power
Dec 17, 2024·Photo of the Day

SPUD power

St. Paul (Minn.) Union Depot Co. 0-6-0 No. 6 passes track workers in October 1954. The locomotive was relegated to…

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