‘Olympian Hiawatha’ coach
May 1, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Olympian Hiawatha’ coach

Among the cars built for the Milwaukee Road’s 1947 Olympian Hiawatha were 52-seat coaches, produced in the road’s own shops. The interior…

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NYC 2-6-6-2 in West Virginia
Apr 28, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC 2-6-6-2 in West Virginia

A long way from the broad, flat Water Level Route, New York Central 2-6-6-2 Mallet 1940 is seen in an…

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Mail exchange on the fly
Apr 24, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Mail exchange on the fly

A clerk tosses two mail delivery pouches out the door of his speeding Railway Post Office car while simultaneously keeping…

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M&StL’s North Star Limited
Apr 21, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

M&StL’s North Star Limited

A Pacific is in charge of Minneapolis & St. Louis’s St. Louis–St. Paul North Star Limited between Chaska and Eden Prairie, Minn.,…

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King of the Maine two-footers
Apr 19, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

King of the Maine two-footers

In 1934 on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes, largest of the Maine two-foot-gauge railroads, a gasoline railcar and baggage…

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L&N heavy Mikado
Apr 18, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

L&N heavy Mikado

Louisville & Nashville 1807, one of the road’s big fleet of heavy USRS 2-8-2s, moves through Strawberry Yard, south of…

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Iowa mixed train
Apr 17, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Iowa mixed train

Smack in the middle of the Hawkeye State, Minneapolis & St. Louis 2-6-0 No. 310 crosses the Skunk River with…

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Fine day on Helmstetter’s Curve
Apr 14, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Fine day on Helmstetter’s Curve

Western Maryland 2-10-0 1109 leads empty coal hoppers and other freight cars west at famous Helmstetter’s Curve on WM’s main…

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