RF&P E8 passenger diesel
Mar 15, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

RF&P E8 passenger diesel

Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac E8 1001, posing for its builder’s photo in November 1949, was one of 15 E8As (and…

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Milwaukee S3 4-8-4 on a freight
Mar 13, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Milwaukee S3 4-8-4 on a freight

Milwaukee Road class S3 Northern 267 rolls stock and refrigerator cars east at Bensenville, Ill., in the 1940s. The 4-8-4…

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Kansas City Chief at Dearborn
Mar 12, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Kansas City Chief at Dearborn

Santa Fe’s Kansas City Chief, the top overnight train to its namesake city, awaits departure time at Chicago’s Dearborn Station…

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Inside a CN “Skyview” obs car
Mar 11, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Inside a CN “Skyview” obs car

Passengers on Canadian National’s Scotian between Montreal and Halifax, Nova Scotia, enjoy the view from one of CN’s “Skyview” sleeper-observation…

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GG1s at Baltimore
Mar 8, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GG1s at Baltimore

Just south of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Baltimore station in September 1954, GG1 4875 emerges from the B&P Tunnel with a…

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Frisco freight at Neosho, Mo.
Mar 7, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Frisco freight at Neosho, Mo.

High-mounted St. Louis-San Francisco 2-8-0 1262 heads into a siding with a freight at Neosho, Mo., in 1934. The tower…

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CN Mikado and Northern
Mar 6, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

CN Mikado and Northern

Canadian National 2-8-2 3457 helps 4-8-4 6145 move a Hamilton­–Toronto freight through the junction at Bayview, Ont., in May 1958.…

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B&O F7s with empty hoppers
Mar 5, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O F7s with empty hoppers

Three Baltimore & Ohio F7s pass Bond Tower, about 10 miles west of Keyser, W.Va., on Seventeen Mile Grade, with…

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Big day for the Broadway
Mar 4, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Big day for the Broadway

It’s June 15, 1938, the date on which the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited made its debut as a streamlined train.…

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