NP stock train being loaded
May 17, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NP stock train being loaded

In 1936, this Northern Pacific stock train is loading at the cattle pens at Medora, N.Dak. When the drovers are…

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Missabe passenger train
May 16, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Missabe passenger train

Plow-equipped Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 4-6-2 1110 waits to depart Virginia, Minn., with train 14 for Iron Junction and…

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Last word in NYC Mohawks
May 13, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Last word in NYC Mohawks

New York Central class L-4 3137 brings the Queen City from Detroit into Cincinnati Union Terminal in September 1954. The…

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Hudson at Harmon
May 10, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hudson at Harmon

New York Central J-1 4-6-4 5249 eases off the turntable at Harmon, N.Y., the point 33 miles up the Hudson…

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EL freights meet
May 6, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

EL freights meet

Erie Lackawanna’s hottest freight trains, eastbound NE-74 (left, powered by SD45s) and westbound CX-99, meet on former Erie trackage beside…

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Christmas mail rush on the UP
May 5, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Christmas mail rush on the UP

A long string of Pacific Fruit Express reefers is being loaded with mail at right as workers sort mail bags…

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Burlington suburban coach
May 4, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Burlington suburban coach

The 124 open-platform coaches the Burlington Route used in Chicago–Downers Grove–Aurora commuter service were Spartan conveyances. No. 7165 stands between…

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Big Emma on empties
May 3, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Big Emma on empties

Louisville & Nashville class M-1 2-8-4 No. 1950 — a “Big Emma” — rolls empty coal hopper cars at Hargett,…

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A Pennsy super Pacific
May 2, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

A Pennsy super Pacific

Pennsylvania Railroad 5698, one of the road’s two class K5 4-6-2s, heads an unidentified passenger train south on the Northern…

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