Skytop sleeper at Milwaukee
Oct 19, 2016

Skytop sleeper at Milwaukee

The Skytop sleeper-observation car of the Milwaukee Road’s Olympian Hiawatha, highlighted by plenty of windows and chrome trim, stands at…

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PRR in the New York area
Oct 19, 2016

PRR in the New York area

This bird’s-eye view map from the April 1946 issue of Trains magazine shows the Pennsylvania’s extensive facilities in the New…

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B&O’s Keyser tower
Oct 18, 2016

B&O’s Keyser tower

The former Baltimore & Ohio tower at Keyser, W.Va., seen here in 2004 under CSX ownership, was a classic “armstrong”…

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Pittsburgh PCCs
Oct 15, 2016

Pittsburgh PCCs

In the 1950s, two Pittsburgh Railways PCC streetcars have left downtown, crossed the Monongahela River on the Smithfield Bridge, passed…

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N&W giants at rest
Oct 10, 2016

N&W giants at rest

Norfolk & Western class Y6 2-8-8-2 Mallets rest at the Grundy, Va., engine terminal in March 1959. Bruce R. Meyer…

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Wood-burning narrow-gauge Mikado
Aug 31, 2016

Wood-burning narrow-gauge Mikado

Sumpter Valley Railway No. 18, built by Baldwin in 1916, is a modern-design, low-drivered, 36-inch-gauge wood-burning 2-8-2. The timber-hauling Sumpter…

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