Streamlined steam
May 30, 2024

Streamlined steam

In the late 1930s and early 1940s the venerable Lehigh Valley streamlined several of its named passenger trains. This is…

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Story City steam
May 29, 2024

Story City steam

Minneapolis & St. Louis G6-24 class 4-6-0 No. 226, built by Baldwin in 1909, backs a train into Story City,…

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Silverton
May 28, 2024

Silverton

On June 18, 1950, the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s Silverton enters Animas Canyon near its namesake Colorado town. In 1981 the…

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Rondout action
May 27, 2024

Rondout action

Milwaukee train No. 6, the Morning Hiawatha, passes Tower A20 near Northbrook, Ill., on July 29, 1969. Ahead lies Chicago Union…

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Revenue run
May 24, 2024

Revenue run

A seven-car Illinois Central Gulf piggyback train heads north through Springfield, Ill., for Chicago in September 1975. At Springfield the…

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Overland Limited
May 22, 2024

Overland Limited

Southern Pacific Mt-3 class 4-8-2 No. 4344 helps the Overland Limited through Clipper Gap, Calif., in May 1949. For decades, the Overland was the…

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Nickel Plains Road
May 21, 2024

Nickel Plains Road

Two Nickel Plate Road GP9s handle a local freight through the tabletop landscape near Madison, Ill., in 1958. EMD built…

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Riverside running
May 20, 2024

Riverside running

A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight hugs the Mississippi River north of Davenport, Iowa, in 1966. Lead GP7 No. 204…

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Entrance to Yellowstone
May 17, 2024

Entrance to Yellowstone

Northern Pacific heavily promoted Yellowstone National Park, building a branch from Livingston, Mont., to Gardiner in 1883 to deliver passengers…

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Inversion
May 16, 2024

Inversion

Chesapeake & Ohio hopper No. 47859 gives up its coal load in the rotary dumper at Newport News, Va., in…

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Illinois Alco
May 15, 2024

Illinois Alco

An eastbound Toledo, Peoria & Western local behind olive-green-and-gold Alco RS2 No. 204 rolls across a steel bridge near Forrest,…

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Harvey’s house
May 14, 2024

Harvey’s house

Harvey House restaurants were a staple of Santa Fe stations in the west, celebrated for quality food no matter the…

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