Santa Fe 2-10-2
Sep 23, 2017

Santa Fe 2-10-2

The Santa Fe Railway pioneered the 2-10-2 type in 1903 with a group of engines that were essentially 2-10-0 helper…

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Tackling Tennessee Pass
Sep 19, 2017

Tackling Tennessee Pass

Three of Denver & Rio Grande Western’s giant 3600-series 2-8-8-2s team up to lift a 42-car train up Tennessee Pass…

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Meat reefers at Hormel
Sep 19, 2017

Meat reefers at Hormel

A Milwaukee Road switcher moves a cut of refrigerator cars at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minn., in 1942. Most…

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Hudson on the Riley
Sep 19, 2017

Hudson on the Riley

New York Central J-1 4-6-4 No. 5373 brings the Chicago-bound James Whitcomb Riley into Kankakee, Ill., on January 23, 1956.…

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Lehigh Valley mail car
Sep 19, 2017

Lehigh Valley mail car

Workers transfer mail between a Post Office Department truck and a Lehigh Valley Railway Post Office car around 1910. The…

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Classic Frisco
Sep 19, 2017

Classic Frisco

One of the St. Louis-San Francisco’s beautiful 1500-series 4-8-2s swings through a reverse curve about 20 miles east of Oklahoma…

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A 4-4-0 in 1952
Sep 19, 2017

A 4-4-0 in 1952

Chicago & Illinois Midland 4-4-0 No. 500, built by Baldwin at the late date of 1927, pulls away from Hill…

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GM&O’s “Plug”
Sep 17, 2017

GM&O’s “Plug”

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio F3 883-A leads the road’s weekday commuter train to Joliet away from Chicago Union Station not…

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