Official inspection
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Official inspection

Southern Pacific General Manager W.D. Lamprecht’s business car rides the rear of train No. 28 as it passes the helpers…

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Ohio Mountains
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ohio Mountains

Homemade T-3 4-8-2 Mountains Nos. 5592 and 5558 lead a westbound Baltimore & Ohio freight past J Tower at the…

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Pontiacs to the people
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pontiacs to the people

Open-side auto racks, like these hauling new Pontiacs, were common from the 1960s into the 1970s. Louisville & Nashville photo…

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Premier service
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Premier service

The westbound Sunset Limited, right, and eastbound Golden State Limited — the premier trains on their respective routes — meet near Colton, Calif. Classic…

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Prototype
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Prototype

Original dome car Silver Dome was at Lincoln, Neb., in 1963. It was different from production model dome cars with its square…

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C-Liners
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

C-Liners

Fairbanks-Morse C-Liners, Nos. 4802 and 4801, shown at Milwaukee, could reach speeds of 110 mph. However, these passenger locomotives proved…

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Coal drag
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Coal drag

One of Norfolk & Western’s 81 big Y6-class 2-8-8-2s handles a long coal drag at Blue Ridge, Va., in the…

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Freight goats
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Freight goats

Great Northern dieselized with FT locomotives, which debuted the classic orange and green paint scheme. Here, a matched set of…

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G-MO in Joliet
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

G-MO in Joliet

Two of the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio’s four F7As approach UD Tower in Joliet, Ill., in fall 1951 with a…

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Horseshoe meet
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Horseshoe meet

In May 1967, westbound and eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freights pass a train stopped at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa. J.J.…

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20th Century Limited
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

20th Century Limited

Streamlined Hudson-type No. 5448 leads New York Central’s 20th Century Limited at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago in the late 1930s. Nos.…

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Bessemer bridge
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Bessemer bridge

A brand-new A-B-B-A set of orange-and-black Bessemer & Lake Erie EMD F7 diesels pose on the State Route 358 bridge…

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