DSS&A at St. Ignace, Mich.
Mar 8, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

DSS&A at St. Ignace, Mich.

A Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic RS1 pulls cars off the car ferry Chief Wawatam at St. Ignace, Mich., in…

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Circus in Milwaukee
Mar 4, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Circus in Milwaukee

Crews unload wagons from flatcars as the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus sets up on Milwaukee’s lakefront sometime…

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Baltimore & Annapolis fan trip
Mar 2, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Baltimore & Annapolis fan trip

Railfans fill the five cars of a Philadelphia Chapter, NRHS, excursion on the Baltimore & Annapolis. The train is southbound…

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B&O EM-1 and Big Six
Mar 1, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O EM-1 and Big Six

In the Potomac River narrows west of Cumberland, Md., on Baltimore & Ohio’s main line to Pittsburgh, EM-1 2-8-8-4 7613…

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Western Maryland thunder
Feb 25, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Western Maryland thunder

WM Consolidations 840 and 816 shake the earth and blacken the sky as they restart their train at Thomas, W.Va.,…

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Texas in Texas
Feb 24, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Texas in Texas

Trackmen stand back to let a Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 pass with a freight climbing Baird Hill, about 15 miles…

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Tennessee Ten-Wheeler
Feb 23, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Tennessee Ten-Wheeler

Chicago, Memphis & Gulf 4-6-0 No. 2, built by Rogers in 1884, was first owned by Chesapeake & Ohio, then…

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Ship-to-train transfer
Feb 22, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ship-to-train transfer

In a 1953 view from Canadian Pacific’s S.S. Princess Helene docked at Digby, Nova Scotia, after a trip over the…

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Saluda in the rain
Feb 21, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Saluda in the rain

Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4505 — sister to excursion star 4501 — tramps up Saluda Grade in the pouring rain…

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