Interstate Consolidation
Apr 13, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Interstate Consolidation

At Dorchester Junction on southwest Virginia’s coal-hauling Interstate Railroad, Baldwin 2-8-0 No. 2 stands with a caboose. Ed Theisinger photo [...]Read…

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Icing reefers on the Erie
Apr 12, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Icing reefers on the Erie

The Erie’s icing platform at Marion, Ohio, handled a lot of meat and other perishable traffic. Here, carts on the…

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GM&O on the eve of merger
Apr 11, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GM&O on the eve of merger

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP30 502 leads southbound freight 33 south of Pomona, Ill., in December 1971, ten months before…

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Classy commuter power
Apr 10, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Classy commuter power

Burlington Route diesel 9907A Silver Knight, built in 1936 for the new Denver Zephyr, heads three heavyweight suburban cars on…

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Powhatan Arrow on display
Apr 6, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Powhatan Arrow on display

Norfolk & Western class J 4-8-4 No. 609 stands with a set of new cars for the Powhatan Arrow at…

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C&O doodlebug at Durbin
Apr 6, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

C&O doodlebug at Durbin

Shortly before departure from Durbin, W.Va., on Feb. 23, 1951, the crew of the Chesapeake & Ohio doodlebug assigned to…

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Seaboard stewardess-nurse
Apr 5, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Seaboard stewardess-nurse

Patricia Howell, a 14-year veteran of Seaboard Air Line’s stewardess-nurse program, poses with the observation car of the Silver Star…

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B&O F units at Terra Alta
Apr 5, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O F units at Terra Alta

In a view from the first vestibule behind the power, Baltimore & Ohio F7s on a westbound troop train pass…

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