Mountains on the prairie
Oct 20, 2018

Mountains on the prairie

Illinois Central 4-8-2s pass at speed on the double track near Gilman in September 1954. Engine 2539 is southbound, 2418…

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New Haven wire train
Oct 20, 2018

New Haven wire train

Car W-933, converted from an old baggage car, is part of a five-car New Haven wire train based out of…

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NYC North Country local
Oct 20, 2018

NYC North Country local

New York Central train 175, having come up overnight from New York City, stands at Canton, N.Y., between Watertown and…

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Coast Line operator
Oct 20, 2018

Coast Line operator

Mrs. L. H. McBratney, operator at Atlantic Coast Line’s WG Tower in Florence, S.C., sends a telegraph message during her…

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Daylight along the Pacific
Oct 20, 2018

Daylight along the Pacific

Southern Pacific’s San Francisco–Los Angeles Daylight heads south beside the shimmering Pacific Ocean in the early 1940s. Classic Trains coll. [...]Read…

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L&N FP7 on a local
Oct 20, 2018

L&N FP7 on a local

Louisville & Nashville FP7 571 had not been long out of EMD’s plant at La Grange, Ill., when it breezed…

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