The Erie’s Otisville tunnel
Nov 18, 2025·Photo of the Day

The Erie’s Otisville tunnel

The concrete west portal of Erie’s Otisville (N.Y.) tunnel — from which a Berkshire-powered freight emerges — is fairly simple,…

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Pennsy T1 on the Broadway
Nov 17, 2025·Photo of the Day

Pennsy T1 on the Broadway

PRR T1 4-4-4-4 No. 5507 clatters through 21st Street interlocking in Chicago with the Broadway Limited for New York. A T1 on…

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CN 2-8-0 at Chipman, N.B.
Nov 13, 2025·Photo of the Day

CN 2-8-0 at Chipman, N.B.

Canadian National 2-8-0 No. 2444, assigned as the switcher in Chipman, N.B., negotiates the steep grade and tight curves at…

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End of the Lima line
Nov 12, 2025·Photo of the Day

End of the Lima line

Nickel Plate 779 was not only the final member of that road’s notable family of Berkshires, it was also the…

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Milwaukee racer
Nov 11, 2025·Photo of the Day

Milwaukee racer

It’s been said that Milwaukee Road’s class F6 4-6-4s, built 1930–31, looked like they were going fast even when standing…

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C&O at Elkhorn City
Nov 6, 2025·Photo of the Day

C&O at Elkhorn City

The Chesapeake & Ohio and Clinchfield met end-to-end at this yard at Elkhorn City, Ky. In this misty 1973 scene,…

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WM Pacific at Baltimore
Nov 3, 2025·Photo of the Day

WM Pacific at Baltimore

Handsome Western Maryland 4-6-2 No. 204 is ready to depart the road’s Hillen Street station in Baltimore with the daily…

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San Francisco Chief connection
Oct 31, 2025·Photo of the Day

San Francisco Chief connection

Santa Fe trains 93, the West Texas Express, and 94, the Eastern Express, were the Amarillo–Lubbock connection for the San…

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