2-8-0 with a streamliner
Apr 4, 2023

2-8-0 with a streamliner

After unloading at Seattle Union Station, the Milwaukee Road’s Olympian Hiawatha was towed south behind steam, backward and with diesels still attached,…

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Santa Fe courier-nurses
Apr 3, 2023

Santa Fe courier-nurses

Two of Santa Fe’s courier-nurses show off newly redesigned uniforms as they pose with one of the road’s Hi-Level coaches…

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C&O steam turbine
Apr 1, 2023

C&O steam turbine

Chesapeake & Ohio 500 was one of three class M-1 steam-turbine-electric locomotives built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1946–47 for the new…

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Landmark diesel: CNJ 1000
Mar 29, 2023

Landmark diesel: CNJ 1000

Central Railroad of New Jersey box-cab No. 1000, built by an Alco/General Electric/Ingersoll-Rand consortium, gained the title of “first commercially…

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MoPac 2-8-4 on the move
Mar 28, 2023

MoPac 2-8-4 on the move

Missouri Pacific 2-8-4 No. 1119 rolls a southbound freight over a new highway bridge at Austin, Texas, in 1948. Bruce…

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Twin Zephyr hoopla
Mar 25, 2023

Twin Zephyr hoopla

Crowds swarm around Burlington Route 9901 and 9902, the original three-car Twin Zephyr diesel trains, during a publicity event before…

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