GM&O GP35s
Nov 6, 2024

GM&O GP35s

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio traded in its Alco FA units on EMD GP30s and GP35, which came from La Grange…

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Pocatello prominence
Nov 1, 2024

Pocatello prominence

The Union Pacific hump yard at Pocatello, Idaho, receives cars from various branch lines, sorts them by destination, and forwards…

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Windy City respite
Oct 31, 2024

Windy City respite

The Baltimore & Ohio dieselized its named passenger trains with six sets of Electro-Motive EA-EB passenger diesels in 1937–38. Here,…

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Wild Mary
Oct 30, 2024

Wild Mary

The first two of seven Western Maryland 2-8-0s lift a 78-car eastbound train up the twisting grade through Black Fork…

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Unmistakable profile
Oct 29, 2024

Unmistakable profile

Norfolk & Western class J 4-8-4 No. 608 rolls through a tunnel at Shawsville, Va., in June 1956. The unmistakable…

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Train Master
Oct 28, 2024

Train Master

Fairbanks-Morse H-24-66, dubbed the Train Master, was known for its substantial carbody. At 2,400 hp, the Train Master was the…

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TOFCEE SERVICE
Oct 25, 2024

TOFCEE SERVICE

Trailer Train began acquiring 85-foot flatcars in 1958. This class F85A car, built by American Car & Foundry in 1958,…

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Temporary TOFC
Oct 24, 2024

Temporary TOFC

Portable trailer-on-flatcar loading ramps could turn a stub yard track or spur into a loading facility. They were sometimes used…

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Streamliner royalty
Oct 23, 2024

Streamliner royalty

The eastbound California Zephyr passes the monument to the dome car at the spot where the idea for such a passenger car…

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Southwest scenery
Oct 22, 2024

Southwest scenery

A westbound Southern Pacific freight from El Paso, Texas, passes through the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico in 1952.…

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