Soo local in northern Minnesota
Nov 19, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Soo local in northern Minnesota

Pacific 2702 clatters across the Northern Pacific tracks at McGregor, Minn., 81 miles west of Duluth, with Soo Line’s Thief…

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Small diesel in a small town
Nov 18, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Small diesel in a small town

Minneapolis & St. Louis GE 44-tonner 149 stands beside the weathered depot at Roland, Iowa, (population 700) in September 1950.…

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Savannah & Atlanta mixed train
Nov 14, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Savannah & Atlanta mixed train

A Savannah & Atlanta 2-8-2 pulls out of Sardis, Ga., about halfway down S&A’s main line between Camak and Savannah,…

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Santa Fe’s Canyon Diablo bridge
Nov 13, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Santa Fe’s Canyon Diablo bridge

An A-B-B-A set of FT freight diesels crosses the Santa Fe’s just-completed bridge over Canyon Diablo west of Winslow, Ariz.,…

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NC&StL F units
Nov 12, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NC&StL F units

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis considered its 52 F3 and F7 units (32 cabs, 20 boosters) to be dual service…

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N&W 0-8-0 boiler
Nov 11, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

N&W 0-8-0 boiler

Norfolk & Western built 0-8-0 switchers until 1953, the last conventional steam locomotives built for U.S. service. Devoid of all…

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L&N at Ashley, Ill.
Nov 8, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

L&N at Ashley, Ill.

Louisville & Nashville train 92 between Nashville, Tenn., and St. Louis pulls into the old depot at Ashley, Ill., in…

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Hudson on the Hiawatha
Nov 7, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hudson on the Hiawatha

One of the Milwaukee Road’s dashing F7 4-6-4s accelerates the Hiawatha out of Chicago at the start of the streamliner’s run to…

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GM&O GP35s
Nov 6, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GM&O GP35s

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio traded in its Alco FA units on EMD GP30s and GP35, which came from La Grange…

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