Super C on Cajon Pass
Santa Fe train 100, the Los Angeles–Chicago Super C, climbs the west side of Cajon Pass with four Flexi-Van containers and…
Read moreSanta Fe train 100, the Los Angeles–Chicago Super C, climbs the west side of Cajon Pass with four Flexi-Van containers and…
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In May 1952, Chicago & Illinois Midland 4-4-0 500 simmers at Oakford, Ill., as crewmen investigate a problem with one…
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A Chicago & North Western Baldwin switcher begins pulling cars from the “potato yard” in Chicago as an icing truck…
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Transporting finished automobiles in boxcars was inefficient, causing railroads to lose business to highway carriers. Before the development of two-…
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Beginning in 1964, the Rio Grande began attaching a car or two of piggyback trailers to the rear of the…
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A Pacific Fruit Express mechanical car stands out among Santa Fe and PFE 40-foot ice-bunker cars in this early 1960s…
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The fireman of Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4913 has descended the cab-side ladder to snag a train-order hoop from the operator…
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This Milwaukee Road 4-6-4 is an oil-burner — note the lack of an open coal bunker on the tender. The…
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Wabash Railway passenger trains: All through January 2024, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of the Wabash.…
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Thirty miles into its overnight run from Eureka, Calif., to San Rafael on San Francisco Bay, Northwestern Pacific train 3…
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Perched high above the tracks, interlocking Tower A controlled the many signals and switches at Cincinnati Union Terminal. Wallace W.…
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Seaboard Air Line motor car 2027 (St. Louis Car/Electro-Motive, 1936) leads Savannah, Ga.–Montgomery, Ala., local train 11 near Rochelle, Ga.,…
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