Inside a CN caboose
Aug 14, 2024·Photo of the Day

Inside a CN caboose

Safe from the frigid weather outside, the conductor of a Canadian National freight train examines his wheel reports as his…

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GG1 with the Keystone
Aug 8, 2024·Photo of the Day

GG1 with the Keystone

North of Aberdeen, Md., in about 1957, a Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 speeds toward Washington with the new Budd-built Keystone consist. GG1s…

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Georgia Railroad 4-6-0
Aug 7, 2024·Photo of the Day

Georgia Railroad 4-6-0

Ten-Wheeler No. 211 of the Georgia Railroad rolls freight out of Scottsdale, Ga., in June 1936. C. K. Marsh Jr.…

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D&NE brass and steam
Aug 6, 2024·Photo of the Day

D&NE brass and steam

Duluth & Northeastern Vice President and General Manager E. A. Blinn walks down the platform of the short line’s station…

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Clifton Forge hump yard
Aug 5, 2024·Photo of the Day

Clifton Forge hump yard

A string of coal hoppers crests the hump at Chesapeake & Ohio’s yard in Clifton Forge, Va., in June 1955.…

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Big city, big station
Aug 2, 2024·Photo of the Day

Big city, big station

A view east down Clybourn Street in Milwaukee in the 1940s is dominated by the Milwaukee Road’s depot on the…

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B&O 2-8-0 on a short line
Aug 1, 2024·Photo of the Day

B&O 2-8-0 on a short line

The Castleman River Railroad ran 13 miles from Bittinger, Md., to a connection with the Baltimore & Ohio at Worth,…

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Dirty kitty
Jul 31, 2024·Photo of the Day

Dirty kitty

Covered in coal dust, Chessie System GP40-2 No. 4156 and a mate in Baltimore & Ohio blue lead a coal…

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Clover Valley Lumber
Jul 30, 2024·Photo of the Day

Clover Valley Lumber

Baldwin Locomotive Works built 2-6-6-2T No. 4 for Clover Valley Lumber Co. of Loyalton, Calif., in March 1924. Shown here…

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