Mountain meet
Jul 1, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Mountain meet

Westbound and eastbound Western Star streamliners meet along Whitefish Lake near Whitefish, Mont., in the 1950s. Great Northern photo [...]Read More...

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MoPac Northerns
Jun 30, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

MoPac Northerns

Two 4-8-4s, Baldwin products of 1943, lead a westbound freight with a long string of open hoppers through Sandy Hook,…

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McCloud might
Jun 27, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

McCloud might

A McCloud River Railroad freight rolls thought Bartle, Calif., in July 1983. Lead unit No. 39 is the road’s sole…

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Labor intensive
Jun 26, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Labor intensive

Labor intensive Hundred-pound sacks of flour are stacked in a single-sheathed Rock Island boxcar at Minneapolis in 1939. The paper…

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Innovation ended
Jun 25, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Innovation ended

Hundreds of small towns had piggyback ramps through the 1960s, as seen here on the Minneapolis & St. Louis in…

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Homemade muscle
Jun 24, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Homemade muscle

Norfolk & Western Y6 2-8-8-2 No. 2130, one of the road’s distinctive homegrown designs, works near Elliston, Va., 20 miles…

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Grain-hauling boxcars
Jun 23, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Grain-hauling boxcars

A string of single-sheathed boxcars awaits coopering at an elevator on the Milwaukee Road in Sisseton, S.Dak., in 1939. Single-sheathed…

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Georgia Steam
Jun 20, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Georgia Steam

Gainesville Midland 2-8-0 No. 301 switches at Gainesville, Ga., in the 1950s. The two-story building above its stack is the…

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Georgetown Loop
Jun 19, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Georgetown Loop

A Colorado & Southern train climbs toward Silver Plume, Colo., ducking under Devil’s Gate bridge on the Georgetown Loop shortly…

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F is for freight
Jun 18, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

F is for freight

A northbound Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac freight rolls into Alexandria, Va., almost at its destination of Potomac Yard, on Dec.…

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Diesel slumber
Jun 17, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Diesel slumber

A variety of road-freight locomotives, including EMD Geeps and Alco FAs, stand at the servicing tracks at New York Central’s…

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Capitol-bound
Jun 16, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Capitol-bound

Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 No. 4890 rolls past C Tower, a mile from its destination, Washington Union Station. This locomotive survives…

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