Three-way race on the B&M
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Three-way race on the B&M

Just out of Boston’s North Station, three Boston & Maine trains have crossed the Charles River drawbridges and approach the…

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UP 2-10-2 on the run
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

UP 2-10-2 on the run

The 2-10-2 Santa Fe type wasn’t generally known for speed, but Union Pacific 5015 looks like a real racehorse heading…

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UP Challenger type
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

UP Challenger type

Union Pacific introduced the 4-6-6-4 Challenger type in 1936 when it received 15 engines from Alco. UP eventually owned 105…

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Waiting at Chicago Union Statio
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Waiting at Chicago Union Statio

A Milwaukee Road trainman peers down the dimly lighted platforms of Chicago Union Station for any late-arriving passengers as the…

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Pittsburg & Shawmut coal train
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pittsburg & Shawmut coal train

Three yellow-and-red SW9s move a cut of hopper cars out of the coal-cleaning plant at Ringgold, Pa. in the mid-1950s.…

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Rush hour on the Erie
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rush hour on the Erie

Pacifics of three different classes are poised to depart the Erie’s Jersey City passenger terminal with outbound commuter trains at…

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Santa Fe reefers in Arizona
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Santa Fe reefers in Arizona

Four F7s ease a train of refrigerator cars around one of the many curves on the original line between Supai…

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Scenic Limited at Minturn
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Scenic Limited at Minturn

Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3608 and 4-8-4 1800 stand at Minturn, Colo., with the eastbound Scenic Limited in summer 1938. R.…

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Taxi stand at NOUPT
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Taxi stand at NOUPT

An usher at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal carries luggage and whistles for a cab at the depot’s taxi stand…

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Mississippi Central work train
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Mississippi Central work train

Mikado 131 of the Mississippi Central, a 150-mile line linking Natchez and Hattiesburg, Miss., heads a work train assisting in…

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Mountains on the prairie
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Mountains on the prairie

Illinois Central 4-8-2s pass at speed on the double track near Gilman in September 1954. Engine 2539 is southbound, 2418…

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New Haven wire train
Oct 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

New Haven wire train

Car W-933, converted from an old baggage car, is part of a five-car New Haven wire train based out of…

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