Anthracite hauler
Nov 29, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Anthracite hauler

Anthracite hauler Reading Co. 2-10-2 3012 leads a train of anthracite along the Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, Pa., in July…

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Orders at Clare
Nov 24, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Orders at Clare

Orders at Clare At the joint Chesapeake & Ohio-Ann Arbor depot in Clare, Mich., the engineer on Toledo–Frankfort freight TF-1,…

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SoCal “Blimps”
Nov 23, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

SoCal “Blimps”

SoCal “Blimps” Three big “Blimp” cars leave downtown Los Angeles behind them as they proceed down PE’s four-track right of…

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Reefer block
Nov 22, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Reefer block

Reefer block 4-8-2 2605, a product of IC’s own Paducah (Ky.) shops, leads a long string of refrigerator cars north…

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Handsome Hudson
Nov 19, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Handsome Hudson

Handsome Hudson For a few years in the late 1930s, the steam queens of New Haven’s Shore Line were 10…

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Feather River freight haulers
Nov 18, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Feather River freight haulers

Feather River freight haulers Western Pacific’s original road freight locomotives were 65 Consolidations; 20 came from Baldwin in 1906, followed…

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Three-builder consist
Nov 17, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Three-builder consist

Three-builder consist A “we ain’t mad at nobody” diesel consist of F3A/F3B/H24-66/RS3 (that’s two EMDs, an FM Train Master, and…

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Arroyo Seco
Nov 16, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Arroyo Seco

Arroyo Seco Several miles out of Los Angeles Union Station, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3782 leads the eastbound Chief across the…

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Washington Hill
Nov 15, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Washington Hill

Washington Hill Electro-Motive F3s on a westbound freight wait in the clear at Chester, Mass., for the New England States…

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Pan-American
Nov 5, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pan-American

Pan-American In March 1971, Louisville & Nashville train 8, the northbound Pan-American, arrives at Nashville Union Station. Phil Gosney photo…

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White River Junction
Nov 4, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

White River Junction

White River Junction A steam-powered, heavyweight passenger train passes freight JS4 departing the Boston & Maine’s White River Junction, Vt.,…

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Train 447
Nov 3, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Train 447

Train 477 Train 477 out of Chicago holds the westward main track at Butler, Chicago & North Western’s principal Milwaukee-area…

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