Yampa Valley meet
Nov 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Yampa Valley meet

December 31, 1966, on the Rio Grande finds the east- and westbound Yampa Valley trains meeting at Radium, Colo. Seen…

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Pinch-hitter on the Cincinnatian
Nov 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pinch-hitter on the Cincinnatian

Baltimore & Ohio’s Detroit-bound Cincinnatian, just pulling out of Deshler, Ohio, is missing its usual streamlined Pacific on this July…

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Foggy day on the D&NE
Nov 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Foggy day on the D&NE

Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 27 is at Cloquet, Minn., bound for Saginaw with empty log flats in August 1962.…

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Flying Virginian freight train
Nov 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Flying Virginian freight train

Three of the Virginian Railway’s box-cab electrics fly high above the New River with an eastbound train at Glen Lyn,…

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IC’s Central Station, Chicago
Nov 12, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

IC’s Central Station, Chicago

Illinois Central opened its Central Station on Chicago’s lakefront in April 1893. This 1950s view shows the grand arched waiting…

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MoPac Mikado with a doghouse
Nov 11, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

MoPac Mikado with a doghouse

The head-end brakeman of a Missouri Pacific freight train looks out from his “doghouse” on the tender of 2-8-2 No.…

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UP storage mail car
Nov 10, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

UP storage mail car

Union Pacific No. 5702 was assigned and lettered as a mail storage car. Built by ACF in 1949, it was…

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