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

Decapod action

Pennsylvania Railroad I1 class 2-10-0 No. 1753 pushes on the rear of a freight near Canoe Creek, Pa., near the…

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Tennessee Railroad Brill motor car
Aug 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Tennessee Railroad Brill motor car

Brill-built motor car M-2 of the Tennessee Railroad stands at Oneida, Tenn., where the little coal-hauler met the Southern’s CNO&TP…

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Something borrowed
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Something borrowed

With H12-44 No. 100 in the shop for repairs, Sandersville Railroad borrowed a Southern Railway F3, No. 6804, to run…

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Springfield in spring
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Springfield in spring

Illinois Central train No. 22, the Green Diamond, led by E7 No. 4016, rolls north from Springfield, Ill., headed for…

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Stationary steam
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Stationary steam

Articulated steam locomotives rest at Cumberland, Md.’s 31-stall roundhouse in April 1934. A coal strike has sidelined the big engines,…

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Super Chief
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Super Chief

The Super Chief was the first scheduled Santa Fe passenger train to beat the running time of the famous special that the…

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Two Medicine Valley
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Two Medicine Valley

Great Northern’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses Two Medicine Valley near Montana’s Glacier National Park. EMD supplied the railroad with eight SDP45 locomotives,…

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Pennsy power
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pennsy power

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Fort Wayne, Ind., was busy each afternoon and evening as the railroad’s eastbound passenger train…

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Racing rivals
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Racing rivals

Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited, left, and New York Central’s 20th Century Limited race each other from Englewood on Chicago’s South Side to Gary,…

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Sand Patch
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Sand Patch

Baltimore & Ohio F7s tackle the twisting approach to the Sand Patch summit in southern Pennsylvania with an eastbound coal…

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Sandersville switch
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Sandersville switch

Fairbanks-Morse H12-44 No. 100 replaced a former Central of Georgia 2-8-0 to dieselize Georgia short line Sandersville Railroad in 1953.…

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Silver Lady salute
Jul 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Silver Lady salute

A row of Sycamore trees marks the passage of the California Zephyr behind Western Pacific F units at Union Park in Stockton,…

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