UP 2-8-8-0 in Idaho
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

UP 2-8-8-0 in Idaho

Union Pacific 2-8-8-0 3530 is near Pleasant Valley, Idaho, with time freight 655 in the late 1940s or early ’50s.…

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NYC Mike in the weeds
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC Mike in the weeds

In September 1954, New York Central 2-8-2 1305 wades through the weeds on a branch line extending from East Alton…

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Oil train on the Erie
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Oil train on the Erie

A dramatic nighttime photo shows an oil train on the Erie Railroad during World War II, when German submarines menaced…

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RPO on IC’s Hawkeye
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

RPO on IC’s Hawkeye

A Railway Post Office clerk looks out from a doorway during a stop at Waterloo, Iowa, in April 1967. The…

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Santa Fe on the Santa Fe
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Santa Fe on the Santa Fe

Santa Fe Railway No. 3895, a 2-10-2 Santa Fe type named for the road that originated the wheel arrangement, hauls…

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Lima’s last Shay
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Lima’s last Shay

Western Maryland three-truck Shay No. 6 works a coal plant on the Chaffee (W.Va.) Branch not long after delivery in…

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Morning Hi at Portage, Wis.
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Morning Hi at Portage, Wis.

Milwaukee Road’s westbound Morning Hiawatha pauses at Portage, Wis., in October 1965. Tucked behind the E units are several head-end cars, including…

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Nighttime at North Platte
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Nighttime at North Platte

This view from 1950 looks eastward from the hump of Union Pacific’s newly expanded yard at North Platte, Nebr. Wallace…

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Alton Limited at Springfield
Sep 20, 2018·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Alton Limited at Springfield

Two Gulf, Mobile & Ohio E7 diesels bring the St. Louis–Chicago Alton Limited into the station at Springfield, Ill., in May 1952.…

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