Stockton station
Aug 20, 2019

Stockton station

Santa Fe’s eastbound Golden State pulls into Stockton, Calif., on its way to Bakersfield in the 1950s. Passengers are lined up to…

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Taking a spin
Aug 20, 2019

Taking a spin

A headache for trailer-on-flatcar ramp operations happened when flatcars arrived facing the wrong direction. This Milwaukee Road car goes for…

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NOUPT
Aug 20, 2019

NOUPT

Taxis and private autos wait at the cab stand on the east side of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in…

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Portage Flyer
Aug 20, 2019

Portage Flyer

Huntsville & Lake of Bays Transportation Co. engines Nos. 1 and 2, which often doubleheaded together, are serviced at the…

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Railroad Fair
Aug 20, 2019

Railroad Fair

The Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948–49 included modern equipment displays and a pageant featuring a reenactment of the 1869 Golden…

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Extra 6311 East
Aug 20, 2019

Extra 6311 East

Southern Pacific Extra 6311 East climbs fog-shrouded Donner Pass in October 1957. This view from the caboose shows a four-unit…

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Face to face
Aug 20, 2019

Face to face

Two Santa Fe PA diesels meet in La Junta, Colo., on August 8, 1954. Two survive out of a onetime…

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Gainesville Midland
Aug 20, 2019

Gainesville Midland

A southbound Gainesville Midland local lumbers into a curve near Candler, Ga., with 2-10-0 No. 209 up front. Bringing up…

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Helping hand
Aug 20, 2019

Helping hand

Lightning-striped Fairbanks Morse C Liners hustle New York Central train No. 37 east at Millbury, Ohio, with the help of…

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Keystone landmark
Aug 20, 2019

Keystone landmark

Pennsylvania Railroad donated K4s No. 1361 to the city of Altoona, Pa., in 1957. The locomotive is undergoing a decades-long…

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Alyth Yard
Aug 20, 2019

Alyth Yard

The engine terminal at Canadian Pacific’s Alyth Yard in Calgary, Alberta, in the mid-1940s hosts 2-8-2 No. 5440, left, and…

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Bluebirds
Aug 20, 2019

Bluebirds

Two Boston & Maine “Bluebird” Geeps rest at Springfield, Mass., in August 1964. The railroad, which operated 2,077 route-miles in…

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