The Hole Yard
Apr 8, 2021

The Hole Yard

The Hole Yard Here’s how the Missouri Pacific’s Hole Yard lead at North Little Rock, Ark., looked in March 1921.…

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Produce to the people
Apr 7, 2021

Produce to the people

Produce to the people Chicago and other large cities had produce yards and team tracks where dozens or hundreds of…

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Interurban legacy
Apr 6, 2021

Interurban legacy

Interurban legacy Seaboard Coast Line GP30s hustle 16 cars through Greer, S.C., on July 10, 1974, on former Piedmont &…

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Stainless savior
Apr 5, 2021

Stainless savior

Stainless savior Northern Pacific began replacing trains on its secondary routes with RDCs in 1955, and eventually had a fleet…

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Super Power premier
Apr 2, 2021

Super Power premier

Super Power premier The era of modern steam power dates to Lima’s development of Super Power and the Boston &…

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Pride of the fleet
Apr 1, 2021

Pride of the fleet

Pride of the fleet The Super Chief, which originated the Warbonnet paint scheme, quickly became Santa Fe’s signature passenger offering…

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Cresting Tennessee Pass
Mar 29, 2021

Cresting Tennessee Pass

Rio Grande’s California Fast Freight departs Tennessee Pass station, crest of the Continental Divide, in April 1938. Big 2-8-8-2 3606…

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