Nickel Plate Berkshires meet
Feb 18, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Nickel Plate Berkshires meet

In a 1954 view from the running board of NKP Berkshire 703, standing in the siding at New Douglas, Ill.,…

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Nashville’s REA terminal
Feb 16, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Nashville’s REA terminal

Baggage-express cars are spotted at Railway Express Agency’s Nashville terminal in 1962. Several of REA’s distinctive delivery trucks can be…

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Narrow gauge electric line
Feb 15, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Narrow gauge electric line

The 3-foot-gauge Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn was built in 1875 and in 1928 electrified its double-track line along the…

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Maine narrow-gauge passenger cars
Feb 14, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Maine narrow-gauge passenger cars

Passenger cars of the moribund Bridgton & Harrison languish in the 2-foot-gauge line’s yard at Bridgton, Maine, in 1940. B&H…

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Freight in Glenwood Canyon
Feb 10, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Freight in Glenwood Canyon

Four F7s and a GP9 are reflected in the Colorado River as they roll a Denver & Rio Grande Western…

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CV Mountain type
Feb 9, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

CV Mountain type

Boys young and old walk up to look at Central Vermont 4-8-2 601 at White River Junction, Vt., in the…

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Continental Divide
Feb 8, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Continental Divide

Five black-and-gold Northern Pacific F units lift a freight up the west slope of the Continental Divide at Elliston, Mont.,…

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Alco diesels in the Berkshires
Feb 4, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Alco diesels in the Berkshires

Three New York Central Alco FAs lift a westbound freight up Washington Hill on NYC’s Boston & Albany line in…

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‘Electroliner’ at night
Feb 3, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Electroliner’ at night

One of the North Shore Line’s two Electroliner trains pauses at the North Chicago station on a southbound run one…

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