Tickets, please
Sep 27, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Tickets, please

Tickets, please Passengers riding New York Central’s deluxe 20th Century Limited sleeper-observation car required two tickets, one for rail travel…

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‘Broadway’ streamlined
Sep 24, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Broadway’ streamlined

‘Broadway’ streamlined On June 15, 1938 — the 36th anniversary of its launch — the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited was…

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Steam in snow
Sep 23, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Steam in snow

Steam in snow Milwaukee Road 2-8-2 No. 327 rolls south on the Indiana Harbor Belt at La Grange, Ill., in…

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10-million bushels
Sep 22, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

10-million bushels

10-million bushels The Santa Fe’s 10-million bushel grain elevator at Argentine (Kansas City), Kan., was among the largest in the…

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‘California Zephyr’ preview
Sep 21, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘California Zephyr’ preview

‘California Zephyr’ preview In the months before the California Zephyr’s March 20, 1949, launch, the new train’s cars began filtering…

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Aluminum Alton
Sep 20, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Aluminum Alton

Aluminum Alton Alton Route was one of several railroads to dabble with experimental aluminum boxcars for express service. Note the…

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‘Crescent Limited’
Sep 17, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Crescent Limited’

Crescent Limited At an unknown station on an unknown date, Crescent Limited passengers enjoy the open rear platform of the…

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‘San Francisco Overland’
Sep 16, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘San Francisco Overland’

San Francisco Overland Future excursion locomotive UP 844, having just taken over for an SP locomotive, departs Ogden Union Station…

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Dixie Line
Sep 15, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Dixie Line

Dixie Line The Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis rostered 23 F7A and eight F7B units, built 1949-51. Mainline freight and…

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GP9
Sep 14, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GP9

GP9 Alco was first on the market with the road-switcher concept, but it was EMD that capitalized with its “Geeps,”…

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‘Erie Limited’
Sep 13, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Erie Limited’

‘Erie Limited’ The Erie Limited’s route takes it through some of the best scenery in the East. Far above he…

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Bristol brothers
Sep 13, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Bristol brothers

Bristol brothers Southern and Norfolk & Western shared the N&W roundhouse, located on the Virginia side of Bristol. SOU F3…

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