Chesapeake Western
Aug 20, 2019

Chesapeake Western

Baldwin-built DS-4-4-660 No. 662 shows off its original Chesapeake Western paint scheme in a 1946 builder’s portrait. It resides today…

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Dairyland toehold
Aug 20, 2019

Dairyland toehold

Grand Trunk Western owned and operated a small yard and ferry slip in Milwaukee into the 1970s. Here, 1926 Brill…

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Decapod action
Aug 20, 2019

Decapod action

Pennsylvania Railroad I1 class 2-10-0 No. 1753 pushes on the rear of a freight near Canoe Creek, Pa., near the…

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Something borrowed
Jul 20, 2019

Something borrowed

With H12-44 No. 100 in the shop for repairs, Sandersville Railroad borrowed a Southern Railway F3, No. 6804, to run…

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Springfield in spring
Jul 20, 2019

Springfield in spring

Illinois Central train No. 22, the Green Diamond, led by E7 No. 4016, rolls north from Springfield, Ill., headed for…

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Stationary steam
Jul 20, 2019

Stationary steam

Articulated steam locomotives rest at Cumberland, Md.’s 31-stall roundhouse in April 1934. A coal strike has sidelined the big engines,…

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Super Chief
Jul 20, 2019

Super Chief

The Super Chief was the first scheduled Santa Fe passenger train to beat the running time of the famous special that the…

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Two Medicine Valley
Jul 20, 2019

Two Medicine Valley

Great Northern’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses Two Medicine Valley near Montana’s Glacier National Park. EMD supplied the railroad with eight SDP45 locomotives,…

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Pennsy power
Jul 20, 2019

Pennsy power

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Fort Wayne, Ind., was busy each afternoon and evening as the railroad’s eastbound passenger train…

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Racing rivals
Jul 20, 2019

Racing rivals

Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited, left, and New York Central’s 20th Century Limited race each other from Englewood on Chicago’s South Side to Gary,…

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