NYC Pacemaker freight
Jul 22, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC Pacemaker freight

The Boston–Albany section of New York Central’s Pacemaker train for express freight service pauses at Worcester, Mass., to pick up…

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Polished Ps-4
Jul 21, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Polished Ps-4

Southern Railway 4-6-2 1395, one of the road’s class Ps-4 passenger engines revered for their handsome lines and green-and-gold livery,…

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PRSL Baldwin diesels on a freight
Jul 20, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

PRSL Baldwin diesels on a freight

Two Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines AS16 road-switchers work a freight through Glassboro, N.J., in 1955. The dual-service units were equally at…

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Rio Grande GP30 No. 3008
Jul 19, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rio Grande GP30 No. 3008

The Denver & Rio Grande Western was an early customer for EMD’s GP30, buying 28 of them during 1962-63. They…

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Ten-Wheeler with an audience
Jul 18, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ten-Wheeler with an audience

Two young boys watch New York Central 4-6-0 1290 switch cars at Brigden, Ont., on NYC’s St. Thomas branch in…

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Nocturnal steam at Cincinnati
Jul 15, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Nocturnal steam at Cincinnati

New York Central 4-8-4 6000 (left, the first of NYC’s famous Niagaras) and Baltimore & Ohio 4-6-2 5313 (one of…

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Little train, big railroad
Jul 13, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Little train, big railroad

A single MP54 multiple-unit car pauses at Odenton, Md., while working train 404, an early-morning Washington–Baltimore local on the Pennsylvania…

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In Georgia’s “Pidcock Kingdom”
Jul 12, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

In Georgia’s “Pidcock Kingdom”

Three connecting short lines in southwest Georgia — the Georgia Northern; Albany & Northern; and Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla…

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GN’s Red River at Minneapolis
Jul 8, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GN’s Red River at Minneapolis

Great Northern’s Red River departs Minneapolis on the last leg of its daily morning Grand Forks, N.D.–St. Paul run in…

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Clinchfield on Copper Creek
Jul 7, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Clinchfield on Copper Creek

Pacific 153 leads the Clinchfield Railroad’s daily passenger train from Spartanburg, S.C., to Elkhorn City, Ky., across the landmark Copper…

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