CB&Q drovers car
Aug 7, 2023

CB&Q drovers car

When livestock was shipped by train, the railroads provided free transportation for the “drovers” who accompanied the shipments. Chicago, Burlington…

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Burlington Baldwin
Aug 3, 2023

Burlington Baldwin

CB&Q 9377, a Baldwin VO1000 built in 1944, switches at the road’s brand-new freight house near Chicago in 1958. Burlington…

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Big Ten windbreak
Aug 2, 2023

Big Ten windbreak

The Rio Grande placed a string of hopper cars filled with dirt on the inside of Big Ten Curve above…

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B&O 2-10-2 at Deshler
Aug 1, 2023

B&O 2-10-2 at Deshler

Baltimore & Ohio class S-1 2-10-2 6199 leads Toledo-bound time freight 94 across the road’s double-track Chicago Division at Deshler,…

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Bangor & Aroostook Geeps
Jul 28, 2023

Bangor & Aroostook Geeps

Bangor & Aroostook 94, one of five former Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines GP38s BAR acquired in 1983, leads GP7 74 and…

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B&O Pacific with a local
Jul 27, 2023

B&O Pacific with a local

At Allingdale, W.Va., Baltimore & Ohio 4-6-2 5109 leads Grafton–Richwood local train 135 in May 1952. Edward Theisinger photo [...]Read…

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Rio Grande 4-6-6-4
Jul 26, 2023

Rio Grande 4-6-6-4

Freshly-shopped Denver & Rio Grande Western 4-6-6-4 No. 3708 is at Wolhurst, Colo., 13.5 miles south of Denver, on a…

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