West Point Route freight at Opelika
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

West Point Route freight at Opelika

Eastbound West Point Route freight 208, with characteristically dirty black GPs, switches at Opelika, Ala., in June 1976. David Harris…

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Western Pacific desert meet
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Western Pacific desert meet

In a view from the fireman’s seat on one Western Pacific train, FTs on another enter the siding at lonely…

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Pennsylvania narrow gauge
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pennsylvania narrow gauge

A passenger train departs Waynesburg, Pa., in 1907 on the Waynesburg & Washington, a 28-mile-long, 3-foot-gauge pike that came under…

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F3s on Tennessee Pass
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

F3s on Tennessee Pass

Rio Grande F3 diesels grind upgrade at Mitchell, Colo., a mile east of the summit of Tennessee Pass, in October…

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NYC freight at Berea
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC freight at Berea

New York Central F7 1678 leads westbound freight Advance LS-7 past BE Tower at Berea, Ohio, in 1957. Richard J.…

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Classic logging “Malley”
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Classic logging “Malley”

White River Lumber Co. 2-6-6-2T Mallet No. 7 hauls a train of logs near Enumclaw, Wash., in 1945. Baldwin built…

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Cloudy day on “the J”
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Cloudy day on “the J”

SD38-2s 666 and 669 lead an Elgin, Joliet & Eastern freight across the Union Pacific/CSX Transportation (former Chicago & Eastern…

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DL&W freight at Lake Hopatcong
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

DL&W freight at Lake Hopatcong

Three FT diesels bring eastbound freight BH-2 past the Lackawanna Railroad’s station at Lake Hopatcong, N.J., in May 1946. Theo.…

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East Broad Top comes back to life
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

East Broad Top comes back to life

In August 1960, four years after Pennsylvania’s coal-hauling, narrow-gauge East Broad Top shut down, owner Nick Kovalchik reopened part of…

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Big Emma from above
Dec 19, 2016·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Big Emma from above

Louisville & Nashville 2-8-4 No. 1966, a class M-1 “Big Emma,” departs Winchester, Ky., with time freight 44 in September…

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