Factory fresh
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Factory fresh

  Railway Express Agency bought 500 new steel plug door reefers from American Car & Foundry in 1947-48. They initially…

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Fs for freight
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Fs for freight

Minneapolis & St. Louis was known for its freights that ran south from the Twin Cities through Iowa to Peoria,…

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Protecting a GG1
Sep 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Protecting a GG1

A crossing watchman is out with his STOP sign to warn motorists to stay clear of a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad…

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Decapod delight
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Decapod delight

Gainesville Midland 2-10-0 No. 207 churns its 56-inch drivers across the Southern Railway’s Washington–Atlanta main line at Gainesville, Ga. The…

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‘The Carpetbaggers’
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘The Carpetbaggers’

Santa Fe 2-6-2 No. 1010 is seen at Pasadena, Calif., in 1963 as a prop in the movie “The Carpetbaggers.”…

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Titans of transportation
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Titans of transportation

New York Central boss Alfred E. Perlman, left, shakes hands with Chairman Robert R. Young, hanging out the window of…

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Rescued!
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rescued!

As a streetcar rolls by, Missouri Pacific 0-8-0 9721 and caboose have tied on to stalled 2-10-2 helper 1716 and…

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Semi-streamlined
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Semi-streamlined

St. Louis-San Francisco semi-streamlined 4-8-2 No. 1503 works at Kirkwood, Mo., in 1942. The railroad, best known simply as the…

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Sportsman
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Sportsman

Chesapeake & Ohio’s lengthy Sportsman curves east through the Blue Ridge Mountains at Afton, Va., in July 1965. William E. Warden Jr.…

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Stockton station
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Stockton station

Santa Fe’s eastbound Golden State pulls into Stockton, Calif., on its way to Bakersfield in the 1950s. Passengers are lined up to…

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Taking a spin
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Taking a spin

A headache for trailer-on-flatcar ramp operations happened when flatcars arrived facing the wrong direction. This Milwaukee Road car goes for…

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NOUPT
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NOUPT

Taxis and private autos wait at the cab stand on the east side of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in…

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