Milwaukee Road FM H10-44
Jan 9, 2024·Photo of the Day

Milwaukee Road FM H10-44

Milwaukee Road Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 shows the high (cab-roof-level) hood needed to clear FM’s tall opposed-piston engine. The roof overhang on…

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Mikado on Oahu
Jan 8, 2024·Photo of the Day

Mikado on Oahu

Oahu Railway 2-8-2 No. 70, a 1927 Alco, leads a train for Kahaku beside the Pacific Ocean east of Kaena…

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Augusta Special
Jan 8, 2024·Photo of the Day

Augusta Special

A Southern RS3, coach, post office car, and FTB steam heater car comprise a Dec. 16, 1966, remnant of the Augusta…

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Mikado at Monticello, Minn.
Jan 5, 2024·Photo of the Day

Mikado at Monticello, Minn.

Great Northern class O-8 2-8-2 3393 approaches the depot at Monticello, Minn., in September 1954. The big Mikado is heading…

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Calmed South Wind
Jan 3, 2024·Photo of the Day

Calmed South Wind

Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 No 295 stands at Winchester, Ky., with local train 3 for Hazard on May 3, 1952.…

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Burly PRR Ten-Wheeler
Jan 2, 2024·Photo of the Day

Burly PRR Ten-Wheeler

Pennsylvania Railroad 5711 was one of 121 class G5s 4-6-0s the road’s Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pa., built in the…

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2-8-8-2 on Tennessee Pass
Jan 1, 2024·Photo of the Day

2-8-8-2 on Tennessee Pass

Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3601 exits Deen Tunnel east of Pando, Colo., with an eastbound freight extra in March 1946. On…

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Wabash Mogul at Meredosia
Dec 28, 2023·Photo of the Day

Wabash Mogul at Meredosia

Wabash Railroad 2-6-0 576 eases its train across the Illinois River at Meredosia, Ill., in September 1954. The branch between…

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Turntable under a highway
Dec 26, 2023·Photo of the Day

Turntable under a highway

New York Central box-cab locomotive 548 rides the turntable at the 72nd Street engine house on the west side of…

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