Four-builder lineup
Dec 9, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Four-builder lineup

A General Electric U25B leads EMD, Alco, and Fairbanks-Morse units on Norfolk & Western train KB6 near Hull, Ill., in…

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Enola bound
Dec 6, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Enola bound

Pennsylvania Railroad M1 class 4-8-2 No. 6987 heads a freight toward Enola Yard near Harrisburg, Pa., in July 1955. The…

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Dual service
Dec 5, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Dual service

St. Louis-San Francisco 4-8-2 No. 1503 works train No. 3 at Southeastern Junction just west of Lindenwood Yard southwest of…

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Deshler doings
Dec 4, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Deshler doings

Baltimore & Ohio train No. 355, the Toledo–Cincinnati day local, passes under the home signals protecting the road’s Chicago Division…

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Beloit built
Dec 3, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Beloit built

Fairbanks-Morse introduced its “Consolidation Line” of freight and passenger diesels in 1950. Available in cab and booster versions rated at…

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A run at the hill
Dec 2, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

A run at the hill

At Bayview Junction, Ontario, trackmen watch Canadian National 4-8-4 No. 6234 pass with Toronto–Windsor train No. 83 on August 29,…

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Western Maryland in Black Fork Gorge
Nov 27, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Western Maryland in Black Fork Gorge

Pacific 208 leads Western Maryland’s daily passenger train between Elkins, W.Va., and Cumberland, Md., around one of the many sharp…

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View from Toledo Central Terminal
Nov 25, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

View from Toledo Central Terminal

An elderly man looks out from the concourse of recently completed Toledo Central Union Terminal. New York Central built the…

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Top of the PRR
Nov 22, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Top of the PRR

The pushers of two eastbound freight trains pass AR Tower in Gallitzin, Pa., summit of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Pittsburgh–Philadelphia main…

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Timeworn T1
Nov 21, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Timeworn T1

Pennsylvania Railroad class T1 4-4-4-4 duplex 5536 shows the effects of hard service at Chicago in the late 1940s, but…

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Switching in New Orleans
Nov 20, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Switching in New Orleans

One of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal’s SW8 switchers gets ready to add a Southern Pacific express boxcar to a…

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