Ambassador
Nov 2, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ambassador

Ambassador The northbound day train to Montreal, known as the Ambassador, crosses the Connecticut River near Windsor, Vt. It exemplifies…

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Train 4
Nov 1, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Train 4

Train 4 Pere Marquette’s unnamed Grand Rapids–Detroit train 4 rolls through Trowbridge, Mich., in 1940. Locomotive 712 is one of…

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Camelback ‘Comet’
Oct 29, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Camelback ‘Comet’

Camelback Comet Jersey Central Camelback 592 (now preserved in Baltimore) pinch-hits for a regularly assigned 4-6-2 on the Blue Comet…

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Passenger Geep
Oct 28, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Passenger Geep

Passenger Geep Southern Railway GP7 No. 2164 was in local service in eastern North Carolina when this image was made…

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‘Silver Meteor’
Oct 27, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Silver Meteor’

Silver Meteor The northbound Amtrak Silver Meteor from Miami rounds Honeymoon Wye on the way into Jacksonville, Fla., on June…

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Hard knock life
Oct 26, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hard knock life

Hard knock life Northern Pacific track workers labor near new Bozeman Tunnel in Montana in 1945. Regardless of the location…

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Gaspe peninsula
Oct 25, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Gaspe peninsula

Gaspe peninsula Canadian National train 119 is at the division point of New Carlisle, 104 miles into its 202-mile trip…

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Chihuahua al Pacífico
Oct 22, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Chihuahua al Pacífico

Chihuahua al Pacífico Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico chop-nosed 515 and unadulterated sister 509 work a freight at La Junta, Chihuahua,…

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PAs on parade
Oct 20, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

PAs on parade

PAs on parade Santa Fe PA1s 75L and 78L hustle train 23, a nameless three-car remnant of the Grand Canyon,…

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Clark Fork River
Oct 19, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Clark Fork River

Clark Fork River Milwaukee Road tTrain 262 crosses high above the Clark Fork River at St. Regis, Mont., in August…

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Texarkana train
Oct 18, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Texarkana train

Texarkana train After a crew change, Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8386 leads train  MFLAT out of Texarkana, Texas, on August 31,…

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‘New England States’
Oct 15, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘New England States’

New England States New England States passengers navigate the rough platform at La Salle Street Station in 1952. The New…

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