Bessemer Baldwin
Nov 30, 2023·Photo of the Day

Bessemer Baldwin

Bessemer & Lake Erie locomotive 403, one of 82 six-motor, 1,500 h.p. DRS-6-6-15 road-switchers built by Baldwin between 1948 and…

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BA&P road-switcher electrics
Nov 29, 2023·Photo of the Day

BA&P road-switcher electrics

Montana’s Butte, Anaconda & Pacific relied on a fleet of 28 General Electric box-cabs after it electrified its line in…

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Wooding-up
Nov 28, 2023·Photo of the Day

Wooding-up

Crewmen toss pine knots into the tender of Mississippi & Alabama 2-6-2 Prairie-type No. 4 at the wood rack, or…

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Western Maryland Pacific
Nov 27, 2023·Photo of the Day

Western Maryland Pacific

Well-tended Western Maryland 4-6-2 Pacific-type No. 153 stands beside the joint Chesapeake & Ohio-Western Maryland station at Durbin, W.Va., with…

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Troop train
Nov 23, 2023·Photo of the Day

Troop train

Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 35th Division board cars at Camp Robinson, Ark., on December 18, 1941, less than two…

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Snow squall
Nov 22, 2023·Photo of the Day

Snow squall

During a Lake Erie snow squall at Stony Point, Pa., about 12 miles west of Meadville, K-5 Pacific-type No. 2924…

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Punkin’ Vine
Nov 21, 2023·Photo of the Day

Punkin’ Vine

Two Wabash F7s passes State Line Tower in Hammond, Ind., bound for the railroad’s so-called “Punkin’ Vine” route across northern…

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Passenger amenities
Nov 17, 2023·Photo of the Day

Passenger amenities

The American Car & Foundry-built Missouri Pacific lounge diner on the South Texas Eagle offered a quality of food and…

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Nickel-plated freight
Nov 16, 2023·Photo of the Day

Nickel-plated freight

Westbound Nickel Plate Road train NC-3 rolls through the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, in June 1959. The railroad, formally…

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Lackawanna style
Nov 15, 2023·Photo of the Day

Lackawanna style

A Fairbanks-Morse H24-66 Train Master diesel locomotive shows off the colors of owner Delaware, Lackawanna & Western at Hoboken, N.J.,…

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