Camelback on Starrucca
Dec 4, 2023

Camelback on Starrucca

In an early 20th century photo, a Camelback locomotive, probably a 2-8-0, crosses the Erie Railroad’s Starrucca Viaduct with a…

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Bessemer Baldwin
Nov 30, 2023

Bessemer Baldwin

Bessemer & Lake Erie locomotive 403, one of 82 six-motor, 1,500 h.p. DRS-6-6-15 road-switchers built by Baldwin between 1948 and…

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Wooding-up
Nov 28, 2023

Wooding-up

Crewmen toss pine knots into the tender of Mississippi & Alabama 2-6-2 Prairie-type No. 4 at the wood rack, or…

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Western Maryland Pacific
Nov 27, 2023

Western Maryland Pacific

Well-tended Western Maryland 4-6-2 Pacific-type No. 153 stands beside the joint Chesapeake & Ohio-Western Maryland station at Durbin, W.Va., with…

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Troop train
Nov 23, 2023

Troop train

Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 35th Division board cars at Camp Robinson, Ark., on December 18, 1941, less than two…

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Snow squall
Nov 22, 2023

Snow squall

During a Lake Erie snow squall at Stony Point, Pa., about 12 miles west of Meadville, K-5 Pacific-type No. 2924…

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Punkin’ Vine
Nov 21, 2023

Punkin’ Vine

Two Wabash F7s passes State Line Tower in Hammond, Ind., bound for the railroad’s so-called “Punkin’ Vine” route across northern…

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Passenger amenities
Nov 17, 2023

Passenger amenities

The American Car & Foundry-built Missouri Pacific lounge diner on the South Texas Eagle offered a quality of food and…

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