Milwaukee Road local to Madison
Apr 12, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Milwaukee Road local to Madison

A few minutes out of Milwaukee, CMStP&P Pacific 192 rolls into suburban Wauwatosa, Wis., with train 23, an afternoon local…

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M.U. train at Spuyten Duyvil
Apr 11, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

M.U. train at Spuyten Duyvil

Bound for Grand Central Terminal, a New York Central M.U. train passes under the Henry Hudson Parkway bridge at Spuyten…

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Local train on the old BR&P
Apr 8, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Local train on the old BR&P

A Baltimore & Ohio class P-6 Pacific passes CM Tower at Du Bois, Pa., with Pittsburgh–Buffalo train 252 in September…

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Late-blooming narrow-gauge
Apr 7, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Late-blooming narrow-gauge

The New Berlin & Winfield was a 3-foot-gauge short line in central Pennsylvania extending from Winfield on the west shore…

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Excursion on the Ma & Pa
Apr 6, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Excursion on the Ma & Pa

Between Dallastown Junction and Yoe, Pa., on the Maryland & Pennsylvania, railfans fill a flatcar outfitted with railings during a…

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C&O 2700 near Catlettsburg, Ky.
Mar 31, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

C&O 2700 near Catlettsburg, Ky.

Chesapeake & Ohio 2700, first of the road’s 2-8-4 Kanawha types, heads west with coal hoppers near Catlettsburg, Ky., in…

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Watering hogs on the UP
Mar 30, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Watering hogs on the UP

A triple-headed shower wets down the hogs riding in Union Pacific triple-deck cars at Dry Lake, Nev., on a hot…

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Texas on a turntable
Mar 29, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Texas on a turntable

At the Burlington Route’s Centralia, Ill., engine terminal in September 1954, a hostler rides the turntable with 2-10-4 6313 as…

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