Virginian electrics on borrowed time
Two ex-Virginian Railway EL-C electrics roll a train of coal hoppers west of Roanoke, Va., in 1961. Norfolk & Western…
Read moreTwo ex-Virginian Railway EL-C electrics roll a train of coal hoppers west of Roanoke, Va., in 1961. Norfolk & Western…
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The Union Pacific’s 3500-class 2-8-8-0s were often found lugging freights in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Here, No. 3532…
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Soldiers transfer from a Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis troop train to trucks at the Army’s Camp Forrest near Tullahoma,…
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Near Robinson, La., southeast of Shreveport, four Texas & Pacific F7s and one GP7 power a westbound freight in early…
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Pacific 5127, leased from parent Canadian National, pauses at Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific’s elevated station (hidden behind train) in West…
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On the 3-foot-gauge East Broad Top, Reading Company boxcar 102395 — transferred to narrow-gauge trucks at the PRR-EBT interchange at…
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Southern Railway GP7 129 heads a ballast-cleaning train in operation on the “Rathole Division” near Dry Ridge, Ky., in July…
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A 1944 photo shows an eastbound Santa Fe freight on the horseshoe curve east of Welch, Ariz. FT diesel 126…
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An A-B-B-A set of Denver & Rio Grande Western F7s heads west out of Granby, Colo., west of the Moffat…
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Elderly Milwaukee Road 2-6-2 No. 926 switches cars at Merton, Wis., as it works its way back toward Milwaukee from…
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Rock Island train 34 rocks and rolls its way into the yard at El Dorado, Ark., in February 1980, a…
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Southern Railway 0-8-0 1868 works at Appalachia, Va., on May 27, 1952 — its final day of service. Ed Theisinger…
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