E6 with L&N’s Humming Bird
Sep 22, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

E6 with L&N’s Humming Bird

A single E6 diesel leads Louisville & Nashville’s Cincinnati–New Orleans Humming Bird through Turner, Ky., in 1948. A rebuilt heavyweight…

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Coach on GN’s International
Sep 21, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Coach on GN’s International

Great Northern’s postwar streamliners between Seattle and Vancouver, the Internationals, carried 60-seat coaches with a pine-tree motif in their upholstery.…

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Doubleheading up the Front Range
Sep 20, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Doubleheading up the Front Range

Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 1146 helps 2-8-8-2 Mallet 3406 hoist a 27-car freight up the 2-percent grade between…

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C&O Allegheny on the move
Sep 19, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

C&O Allegheny on the move

Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 No. 1647 makes 40 mph along the Kanawha River east of Handley, W.Va., with coal bound…

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Atlantic on a local
Sep 15, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Atlantic on a local

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-4-2 No. 281, stands at the Monon’s Hammond, Ind., station, ready for the 8:45 a.m. departure on…

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“Nickel Plate High Speed Service”
Sep 14, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

“Nickel Plate High Speed Service”

An old wooden caboose carries the Nickel Plate Road’s famous slogan advertising the road’s expedited freight service. Classic Trains coll.…

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NYC in central Pennsylvania
Sep 13, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC in central Pennsylvania

New York Central Alco FA diesels lead a freight near Jersey Shore, Pa., at the south end of Pine Creek…

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