Twin Cities Zephyr
May 13, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Twin Cities Zephyr

Twin Cities Zephyr Led by 1936 power unit 9905 Zephyrus, the Burlington’s Twin Cities Zephyr swings into the downtown La…

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Niagara Junction
May 12, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Niagara Junction

Niagara Junction Although it was built by the Niagara Falls Power Co. in the 1890’s, 11-mile switching road Niagara Junction…

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Less Than Carload
May 11, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Less Than Carload

Less Than Carload Buffalo Creek & Gualey motor “B’s” awaits departure from Dundon, W.Va., for Widen, in 1948. A truck…

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Hippo
May 10, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hippo

Hippo Pennsylvania 2-10-0 4414 races north along Route 14 north of Williamsport, Pa., at 40 mph. The locomotives’ lumbering appearance…

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Imperial
May 7, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Imperial

Imperial Southern Pacific GS-4 No. 4439 leads train No. 40, the eastbound Los Angeles-Chicago Imperial, 3 miles north of Corona,…

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Flexi-Van innovation
May 6, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Flexi-Van innovation

Flexi-Van innovation With highway-wheel bogies in place, New York Central’s Flexi-Van pioneering containers looked like standard truck trailers. Flexi-Van containers…

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F unit parade
May 5, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

F unit parade

F unit parade Two Great Northern paint schemes are on display as GN Extra 312-A passes Extra 311-C, waiting in…

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Swamp Rats
May 4, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Swamp Rats

Swamp Rats Argent Lumber 2-6-2 No. 5, a 1910 Lima (left) brings logs to the Bear Creek transfer point as…

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Seatrain Georgia
May 3, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Seatrain Georgia

Seatrain Georgia Seatrain Georgia, built in 1951 as one of the last two 1928-style rail car ships, is on the…

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Sunset Limited station stop
Apr 30, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Sunset Limited station stop

Sunset Limited station stop Southern Pacific 4-8-2 4326 has just entered Arizona from California as it brings the Sunset Limited…

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Grain train on the prairie
Apr 29, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Grain train on the prairie

Grain train on the prairie A Canadian Pacific GP9 switches the grain elevator at Headingley, Manitoba, in August 1980. In…

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Flexi-Van flexibility
Apr 28, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Flexi-Van flexibility

Flexi-Van flexibility A driver loads a New York Central Flexi-Van container from a truck bogie onto a flatcar in 1958.…

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