Kansas City Chief at Dearborn
Mar 12, 2024·Photo of the Day

Kansas City Chief at Dearborn

Santa Fe’s Kansas City Chief, the top overnight train to its namesake city, awaits departure time at Chicago’s Dearborn Station…

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Inside a CN “Skyview” obs car
Mar 11, 2024·Photo of the Day

Inside a CN “Skyview” obs car

Passengers on Canadian National’s Scotian between Montreal and Halifax, Nova Scotia, enjoy the view from one of CN’s “Skyview” sleeper-observation…

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GG1s at Baltimore
Mar 8, 2024·Photo of the Day

GG1s at Baltimore

Just south of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Baltimore station in September 1954, GG1 4875 emerges from the B&P Tunnel with a…

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CN Mikado and Northern
Mar 6, 2024·Photo of the Day

CN Mikado and Northern

Canadian National 2-8-2 3457 helps 4-8-4 6145 move a Hamilton­–Toronto freight through the junction at Bayview, Ont., in May 1958.…

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B&O F7s with empty hoppers
Mar 5, 2024·Photo of the Day

B&O F7s with empty hoppers

Three Baltimore & Ohio F7s pass Bond Tower, about 10 miles west of Keyser, W.Va., on Seventeen Mile Grade, with…

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Big day for the Broadway
Mar 4, 2024·Photo of the Day

Big day for the Broadway

It’s June 15, 1938, the date on which the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited made its debut as a streamlined train.…

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Slim Princess, wide valley
Feb 28, 2024·Photo of the Day

Slim Princess, wide valley

Southern Pacific’s narrow-gauge line in the vast Owens Valley of California was known as the “Slim Princess.” Here a single…

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