Mountain muscle
In 1972, four EMD six-axle locomotives lead a freight train over itself on the famed Tehachapi Loop in southern California.…
Read moreIn 1972, four EMD six-axle locomotives lead a freight train over itself on the famed Tehachapi Loop in southern California.…
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Following a freewheeling “flying switch” maneuver to change ends, No. 46 couples to its train at Dorval, Que., and departs…
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The Escanaba & Lake Superior dieselized in the mid-1940s with Baldwin locomotives, including DS-4-4-660 No. 101, purchased new in November…
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Railway Express Agency bought 500 new steel plug door reefers from American Car & Foundry in 1947-48. They initially…
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Minneapolis & St. Louis was known for its freights that ran south from the Twin Cities through Iowa to Peoria,…
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A crossing watchman is out with his STOP sign to warn motorists to stay clear of a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad…
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Gainesville Midland 2-10-0 No. 207 churns its 56-inch drivers across the Southern Railway’s Washington–Atlanta main line at Gainesville, Ga. The…
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Santa Fe 2-6-2 No. 1010 is seen at Pasadena, Calif., in 1963 as a prop in the movie “The Carpetbaggers.”…
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New York Central boss Alfred E. Perlman, left, shakes hands with Chairman Robert R. Young, hanging out the window of…
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St. Louis-San Francisco semi-streamlined 4-8-2 No. 1503 works at Kirkwood, Mo., in 1942. The railroad, best known simply as the…
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