Hump engines at Willard
Dec 17, 2020

Hump engines at Willard

Bumped by diesels from front-line road-freight assignments, two S-1 2-10-2s work as hump engines at Baltimore & Ohio’s big yard…

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Coast Line veteran
Dec 16, 2020

Coast Line veteran

Atlantic Coast Line E7 No. 526 pauses in Miami in January 1965. The 20-year-old locomotive has had some body panels…

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Push-pull pioneer
Dec 11, 2020

Push-pull pioneer

In the mid-1950s, Chicago & North Western and Pullman-Standard collaborated on the first fleet of push-pull commuter cars in North…

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Mogul in the snow
Dec 10, 2020

Mogul in the snow

Minneapolis & St. Louis 2-6-0 330 is at Story City, Iowa, on March 9, 1944, with the triweekly mixed train…

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Motorcoach surprise
Dec 9, 2020

Motorcoach surprise

Even relatively pro-passenger roads like the Burlington could get ugly about train-offs. Immediately upon receiving permission to drop Omaha–Billings train…

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Erie open house
Dec 8, 2020

Erie open house

Erie R-3 2-10-2 4207 stands at Avoca, Pa., on June 22, 1941, during what appears to be a railfan event…

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Delicacy delayed
Dec 7, 2020

Delicacy delayed

A stalled train ahead has halted the GP7s and reefers of Illinois Central hotshot CC-6 in western Illinois, enabling the…

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Dominguez Junction
Dec 4, 2020

Dominguez Junction

In 1960, a Pacific Electric car approaches Dominguez Junction where the Southern California interurban’s Long Beach line crossed parent Southern…

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Erie doodlebug
Dec 3, 2020

Erie doodlebug

Erie doodlebug 5014, an Electro-Motive product of 1931, and a Stillwell coach are about 5 minutes into their Midvale–Jersey City…

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Smoke show
Dec 2, 2020

Smoke show

Union Pacific train 339, the mixed from Twin Falls, Idaho, nears its destination of Wells, Nev., in fall 1943. Locomotive…

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Ghost train
Dec 1, 2020

Ghost train

New York Central train 315 stands at Bellefontaine, Ohio, on July 16, 1960. The E7s still wear lightning stripes, but…

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