Montana shortline Consolidation
May 12, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Montana shortline Consolidation

Montana, Wyoming & Southern 2-8-0 No. 12 poses for a photo as it switches a caboose. The tall-stacked, well-kept Consolidation…

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Diesel and steam on the L&N
May 8, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Diesel and steam on the L&N

Louisville & Nashville RS3 150 passes “Big Emma” 2-8-4 1980 at Baileys, Ky., in July 1954. The Berkshire will couple…

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Class A power
May 7, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Class A power

A massive Norfolk & Western class A 2-6-6-4 dwarfs workers in the road’s yard at Roanoke, Va., in 1954. W.…

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Boston PCC train
May 6, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Boston PCC train

In Boston, a two-car train of Metropolitan Transportation Authority PCC cars rounds the loop at Riverside in 1963. G. Mac…

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Berkshire blast-off
May 2, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Berkshire blast-off

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 750 gets under way at Bellevue, Ohio, with a westbound freight in September 1955. Philip…

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B&O troop train confab
May 1, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O troop train confab

The commander of a May 1953 U.S. Army troop train out of Fort Meade, Md., confers with a Baltimore &…

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Universal leader
Apr 30, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Universal leader

The U30C was the most popular of General Electric’s “Universal” locomotive series, selling 592 units built beginning in 1967. Buyers…

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Treacherous tracks
Apr 29, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Treacherous tracks

A Denver & Salt Lake passenger train pauses at Arrow, Colo., on the original Rollins Pass line in 1905. At…

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Timeless Tennessee Pass
Apr 28, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Timeless Tennessee Pass

Running behind three Rio Grande GP40s and a GP30, this eastbound was working up the west side of Tennessee Pass…

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