Rio Grande 4-8-2 on Tennessee Pass
Aug 25, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rio Grande 4-8-2 on Tennessee Pass

Denver & Rio Grande Western 4-8-2 1517 emerges from Eagle River Canyon near Redcliff, Colo., on D&RGW’s Tennessee Pass line…

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NYC’s Cincinnati Special comes home
Aug 23, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC’s Cincinnati Special comes home

J-1 Hudson 5270 brings New York Central’s Cincinnati Special from Cleveland into Cincinnati Union Terminal in September 1954. Philip R.…

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NC&StL LCL terminal
Aug 22, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NC&StL LCL terminal

The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis freight station in Chattanooga was one of hundreds of terminals around the country where…

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Missabe 2-8-8-4s in the shop
Aug 21, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Missabe 2-8-8-4s in the shop

Shopmen minister to a pair of giant 2-8-8-4s in Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range’s shop at Two Harbors, Minn., in…

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Milwaukee class A Atlantic
Aug 18, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Milwaukee class A Atlantic

Brand-new Milwaukee Road class A 4-4-2 No. 4 stands for a portrait at the road’s West Milwaukee Shops on Sept.…

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Last J with the Powhatan Arrow
Aug 17, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Last J with the Powhatan Arrow

Norfolk & Western engine 613 — the last-built of the road’s fleet of J-class 4-8-4s, and thus the last of…

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L&N heavy Mikado 1852
Aug 16, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

L&N heavy Mikado 1852

L&N heavy Mikado 1852 A hostler tends to the fire of Louisville & Nashville class J-4 2-8-2 No. 1852 at…

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Helping hand from a Hippo
Aug 15, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Helping hand from a Hippo

Pennsylvania Railroad class I1 2-10-0 1753 shoves on the cabin car of a westbound iron ore train at Alexandria, Pa.,…

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Hardworking Erie Mikado
Aug 14, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hardworking Erie Mikado

An Erie Railroad 2-8-2 works hard with a westbound way freight on a steep grade near Alfred, N.Y., in 1950.…

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Enlarging an L&N turntable
Aug 10, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Enlarging an L&N turntable

In 1948, construction crews at Louisville & Nashville’s engine terminal in Hazard, Ky., work to enlarge the turntable to accommodate…

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