California Interurban
Nov 30, 2020

California Interurban

Passengers bound for points in Northern California’s Marin County board their train at the Northwestern Pacific rail-ferry terminal in Sausalito…

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Black (smoke) Friday
Nov 27, 2020

Black (smoke) Friday

The engineer of Canadian National 2-8-2 3503 enjoys the breeze as he hurries a freight eastward at Lorne Park, Ont.,…

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Diesel diaspora
Nov 25, 2020

Diesel diaspora

The first two ex-Reading Alco Century-series diesels to appear in Cleveland following the creation of Conrail do so here in…

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Rebuilt for grain
Nov 24, 2020

Rebuilt for grain

Union Pacific had the largest fleet of rebuilt boxcars with built-in grain doors, visible in the upper part of the…

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Doodlebug discontinued
Nov 23, 2020

Doodlebug discontinued

Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf gas-electric M-23, assembled by GE in 1939 using parts from other cars, stands at Denison, Texas,…

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Burlington high stepper
Nov 20, 2020

Burlington high stepper

In April 1965, the Mississippi River rose enough at Savanna, Ill., to endanger diesel traction motors, but the tracks were…

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Diesels for victory
Nov 19, 2020

Diesels for victory

An A-B-B-A set of Erie Railroad FTs, acquired during World War II, is fueled at an unknown, albeit modern, location…

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Kansas City, again
Nov 18, 2020

Kansas City, again

Nameless Rock Island train 39, heavy with “head-end” mail-and-express business, is 2 miles out of Kansas City Union Station on…

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Wabash mogul
Nov 17, 2020

Wabash mogul

Just uncoupled from its train, Wabash 2-6-0 Mogul 573 looks spiffy at Keokuk, Iowa, on October 18, 1953. The locomotive…

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Produce packers
Nov 16, 2020

Produce packers

Workers pack ice in wooden crates with carrots at Elsa, Texas, northwest of Brownsville, in February 1939. There is an…

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Modern grain movers
Nov 14, 2020

Modern grain movers

Some of Soo Line’s 50-foot, 70-ton boxcars were equipped with grain doors, visible in the upper part of the plug…

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Dispatcher’s delight
Nov 13, 2020

Dispatcher’s delight

Missouri-Kansas-Texas 4-6-2 400 leaves Denison, Texas, with an extra in late 1948. Above the engine, awnings shade the windows of…

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