Fast freight
Apr 20, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Fast freight

A Santa Ana freight works upgrade on the eastbound main at Summit, Calif., on Cajon Pass on Dec. 28, 1940.…

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Grand Central transfer
Apr 19, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Grand Central transfer

Seen from the Roosevelt Road viaduct, Soo Line 2-8-0 No. 468 pulls out of Grand Central Station with a transfer…

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George Washington
Apr 18, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

George Washington

Chesapeake & Ohio’s George Washington roars through Mayville, Ky., in an undated photo. No. 491 was an F-19 class 4-6-2 built by…

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G-bar-N
Apr 17, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

G-bar-N

The 1951 Empire Builder’s “G-bar-N” lounge car featured bovine-themed seat upholstery. Great Northern photo [...]Read More...

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Fledgling museum
Apr 16, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Fledgling museum

Rolling stock of the Colorado Railroad Museum huddles on a few tracks in Golden. A Galloping Goose is visible at…

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Fan trip photo stop
Apr 12, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Fan trip photo stop

A Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville fan trip pauses in front of the Gloversville, N.Y., headquarters building. The fine October 1950…

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Empire Builder
Apr 11, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Empire Builder

The 1947 Empire Builder, its E7s already in their second livery, poses for a publicity photo in western Montana. In the…

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Dixie Mikado
Apr 10, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Dixie Mikado

Louisville & Nashville J-4 class 2-8-2 No. 1882 rests at Carrolton, Ky., in 1956. Charles B. Castner photo [...]Read More...

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Dispatchers’ workday
Apr 9, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Dispatchers’ workday

At the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Pittsburgh Region desk F (foreground), the dispatcher for the Esplen (south end of the Ohio Connecting…

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Departing SPUD
Apr 8, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Departing SPUD

Three F units start Great Northern train No. 27, the Fast Mail for Seattle, out of St. Paul Union Depot in June…

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Delayed in transit
Apr 5, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Delayed in transit

Delayed in transit Grain cars in transit were stalled by a brief strike in 1946. To keep grain from overheating…

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Cleveland crossing
Apr 4, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Cleveland crossing

Conrail train COSY-4 eases through Berea, Ohio, on Aug. 14, 1979. The train came up the old Big Four route…

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