B&M steam and diesel at Boston
Jun 2, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&M steam and diesel at Boston

In November 1953, Moguls and Pacifics watch as a GP7 moves onto the turntable at Boston & Maine’s roundhouse just…

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An engineer and his steed
Jun 1, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

An engineer and his steed

A Minneapolis & St. Louis engineer poses with his engine, Mogul 304, in mid-1946. He’s waiting at Minerva Junction, Iowa,…

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The Chief at Dearborn
May 31, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

The Chief at Dearborn

In October 1950, Santa Fe’s Chief awaits the highball for Los Angeles at Chicago Dearborn Station as an RS1 of…

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Rio Grande 4-8-2 on freight
May 30, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rio Grande 4-8-2 on freight

Denver & Rio Grande Western 4-8-2 No. 1517 exhibits a clear stack as it brings a freight downgrade at Keeldar,…

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Texas type in Vermont
May 27, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Texas type in Vermont

Central Vermont 2-10-4 703 steams through a snowy landscape with northbound freight 429 on the grade south of Roxbury, Vt.,…

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Tennessee Central freight
May 26, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Tennessee Central freight

An Alco FA-FB set leads a westbound freight out of a tunnel near Rockwood, Tenn., in the 1950s. R. D.…

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Springfield, Mass., station
May 25, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Springfield, Mass., station

Amtrak’s station at Springfield, Mass., had six tracks in this early 1990s view. Regular trains to and from Boston and…

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Remnant of the Danville Flyer
May 19, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Remnant of the Danville Flyer

Louisville & Nashville No. 3, the Chicago–Danville, Ill., train formerly named the Danville Flyer, stops at Milford, Ill., in August…

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POTUS on Penn Central
May 18, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

POTUS on Penn Central

A special Metroliner carries President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon out of Washington on the evening of Jan. 24, 1970. The…

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