E7 on B&M’s Mountaineer
Aug 10, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

E7 on B&M’s Mountaineer

Brand-new E7 3810 leads Boston & Maine’s Mountaineer out of Boston in June 1946. The diesel illustrates the as-delivered scheme…

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Doubleheaded MoPac Berkshires
Aug 9, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Doubleheaded MoPac Berkshires

Two of Missouri Pacific’s 25 2-8-4 Berkshires, built by Lima in 1935, get under way with a freight at St.…

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NYC’s Mercury departs Chicago
Aug 5, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC’s Mercury departs Chicago

In Chicago, trains of New York Central subsidiary Michigan Central generally used Illinois Central’s lakefront Central Station. Here a Hudson…

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Building Nicholson Viaduct
Aug 4, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Building Nicholson Viaduct

Construction of the Lackawanna Railroad’s colossal viaduct over Tunkhannock Creek at Nicholson, Pa., is in its early stages in this…

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B&O Pacific in a hurry
Aug 3, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O Pacific in a hurry

Baltimore & Ohio class P-5 No. 5227, a USRA light Pacific, hurries through North Bend, Ohio, with overnight St. Louis–Cincinnati…

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Pullman family vacation
Aug 2, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pullman family vacation

In a classic postwar publicity photo on a new Chesapeake & Ohio sleeping car, a family enjoys the comforts of…

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On the old BR&P
Aug 1, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

On the old BR&P

At Du Bois, Pa., on Baltimore & Ohio’s former Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh lines, a B&O Pacific swings by Tower…

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Virginian box-cab electrics
Jul 28, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Virginian box-cab electrics

A trio of the Virginian Railway’s original box-cab electrics rolls downgrade with a freight at Oakdale, W.Va., in September 1953.…

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U-boats on a New Haven freight
Jul 27, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

U-boats on a New Haven freight

Three GE U25Bs lead New Haven Railroad eastbound symbol freight OB-6 on the Maybrook Line about 3 miles east of…

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The Chief enters Chicago
Jul 26, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

The Chief enters Chicago

Santa Fe’s all-Pullman Chief from Los Angeles has just passed through the busy interlocking at 21st Street, Chicago, as it…

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