Old trainshed on the CV
Jun 20, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Old trainshed on the CV

Nearly new Central Vermont GP9 4557 leads freight train 201, whose first car is a baggage car, through the old…

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New Haven steam under repair
Jun 16, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

New Haven steam under repair

Three Pacifics share the shop floor with several 2-10-2s at the New Haven Railroad’s system locomotive backshop in Readville, Mass.…

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Kansas City Southern 2-10-4
Jun 15, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Kansas City Southern 2-10-4

Kansas City Southern’s last new steam locomotives were 10 class J 2-10-4s built by Lima in 1937. As this postwar…

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Hudson scooping water
Jun 14, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hudson scooping water

New York Central J-1 Hudson 5236 takes water from a track pan near Huron, Ohio, in the 1940s. Water columns…

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Flexi-Vans on the IC
Jun 10, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Flexi-Vans on the IC

Flexi-Vans on the IC The Illinois Central was one of several roads that used Flexi-Vans for mail. Here, two Flexi-Van…

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Early Pennsy piggyback
Jun 9, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Early Pennsy piggyback

A single-axle Pennsylvania Railroad trailer with the “Keystone Merchandise Service” logo on the front is positioned on a flatcar in…

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Doubleheaded Pennsy 2-10-4s
Jun 8, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Doubleheaded Pennsy 2-10-4s

Pennsylvania class J1 Texas types 6486 and 6488 move Lake Erie-bound coal north out of Columbus, Ohio, in September 1955.…

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Consolidation in Minnesota fog
Jun 7, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Consolidation in Minnesota fog

Duluth & Northeastern No. 27, a former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-0, emerges from morning fog with empty log…

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CB&Q and PRR diesels in Chicago
Jun 6, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

CB&Q and PRR diesels in Chicago

A Burlington Route switcher prepares to move several baggage-express cars at the Railway Express terminal near Chicago’s Union Station in…

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Bridgton & Harrison No. 8
Jun 3, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Bridgton & Harrison No. 8

B&H 2-foot gauge 2-4-4T No. 8 stands at Bridgton, Maine, in August 1940. B&H, successor to the Bridgton & Saco…

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