Transcontinental sleeper transfer
In October 1950, a Chesapeake & Ohio 0-8-0 moves sleeping car Surprise Valley through the interlocking at 21st Street, Chicago.…
Read moreIn October 1950, a Chesapeake & Ohio 0-8-0 moves sleeping car Surprise Valley through the interlocking at 21st Street, Chicago.…
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The Milwaukee Road’s station at Canton in the southeast corner of South Dakota is bustling with activity as cars off…
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A switchman signals a South Omaha Terminal Railway switcher as the diesel adds cars onto the meat train transfer at…
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The narrow-gauge Denver & Rio Grande Western did a lot of livestock business. Here, several stock cars are loaded with…
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In a 1947 view at Baltimore & Ohio’s Camden Station in Baltimore, a Baltimore & Annapolis interurban train departs for…
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Louisville & Nashville heavy 4-6-2 No. 295 was mechanically and cosmetically upgraded in 1940 for duty on the new South…
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Chicago & North Western passenger trains: All through December 2023, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of…
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In a view from one of the California Zephyr’s five regularly assigned dome cars, another dome curves through the Rocky…
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Western Maryland 2-10-0 1109 rounds famous Helmstetter’s Curve west of Cumberland, Md., with a westbound freight in May 1952. Unseen,…
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Atlantic Coast Line 2-8-2 7230 and 4-8-2 7372 team up on a northbound freight near Vienna, Va., in 1947. Both…
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New York Central 4505, a rare Fairbanks-Morse CPA-24-5, leads a train toward Chicago at Otis, Ind., in April 1954. A…
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In an early 20th century photo, a Camelback locomotive, probably a 2-8-0, crosses the Erie Railroad’s Starrucca Viaduct with a…
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