Portage Flyer
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Portage Flyer

Huntsville & Lake of Bays Transportation Co. engines Nos. 1 and 2, which often doubleheaded together, are serviced at the…

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Railroad Fair
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Railroad Fair

The Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948–49 included modern equipment displays and a pageant featuring a reenactment of the 1869 Golden…

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Extra 6311 East
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Extra 6311 East

Southern Pacific Extra 6311 East climbs fog-shrouded Donner Pass in October 1957. This view from the caboose shows a four-unit…

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Face to face
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Face to face

Two Santa Fe PA diesels meet in La Junta, Colo., on August 8, 1954. Two survive out of a onetime…

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Gainesville Midland
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Gainesville Midland

A southbound Gainesville Midland local lumbers into a curve near Candler, Ga., with 2-10-0 No. 209 up front. Bringing up…

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Helping hand
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Helping hand

Lightning-striped Fairbanks Morse C Liners hustle New York Central train No. 37 east at Millbury, Ohio, with the help of…

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Keystone landmark
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Keystone landmark

Pennsylvania Railroad donated K4s No. 1361 to the city of Altoona, Pa., in 1957. The locomotive is undergoing a decades-long…

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Alyth Yard
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Alyth Yard

The engine terminal at Canadian Pacific’s Alyth Yard in Calgary, Alberta, in the mid-1940s hosts 2-8-2 No. 5440, left, and…

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

Bluebirds

Two Boston & Maine “Bluebird” Geeps rest at Springfield, Mass., in August 1964. The railroad, which operated 2,077 route-miles in…

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Central Illinois ‘Gulf’
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Central Illinois ‘Gulf’

A Gulf, Mobile & Ohio-painted GP30 and GP35 roll an Illinois Central Gulf train south near Odell, Ill., on the…

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Chesapeake Western
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Chesapeake Western

Baldwin-built DS-4-4-660 No. 662 shows off its original Chesapeake Western paint scheme in a 1946 builder’s portrait. It resides today…

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Dairyland toehold
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Dairyland toehold

Grand Trunk Western owned and operated a small yard and ferry slip in Milwaukee into the 1970s. Here, 1926 Brill…

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