Pacing an NYC Hudson
Mar 11, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pacing an NYC Hudson

Late in her life, New York Central 4-6-4 5403 races west from Mattoon, Ill., with nameless mail and express train…

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Banana train on the IC
Mar 9, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Banana train on the IC

Illinois Central 4-8-2 2605 is northbound near Peotone, Ill., with a long train of reefers filled with bananas. IC did…

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Texas & Pacific F units
Feb 27, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Texas & Pacific F units

F7s of Missouri Pacific affiliate Texas & Pacific await assignment at Fort Worth in the early or mid-1950s. Linn Westcott…

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St. Paul’s depot switcher
Feb 24, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

St. Paul’s depot switcher

Brand-new St. Paul Union Depot GE 44-tonner 441 is seen at the terminal in 1941. General Electric photo [...]Read More...

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PRR in Baltimore
Feb 22, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

PRR in Baltimore

An April 1958 view in Baltimore shows PRR’s Union Junction tower, the Calvert Street bridge under construction, the city’s main…

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Pacific on a Soo Line local
Feb 17, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pacific on a Soo Line local

Soo Line 4-6-2 2718 is at Sussex, Wis., with Minneapolis–Chicago local train No. 2 in a view from the late…

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New Haven wire train
Feb 16, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

New Haven wire train

Orange-and-green Alco S1 No. 0971 leads a bright-red wire train down the New Haven Railroad’s main line at Pelham, N.Y.,…

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N&W Y6 eastbound
Feb 15, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

N&W Y6 eastbound

One of Norfolk & Western’s powerful homebuilt Y6-class 2-8-8-2 Mallets drifts downgrade along the New River with eastbound freight at…

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Penn Central freight
Feb 14, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Penn Central freight

A mix of EMD and GE diesels power a westbound Penn Central freight on the former Pennsy Pittsburgh–St. Louis line…

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