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The diesel 100 years later
Nov 5, 2025·History·Trains Magazine

The diesel 100 years later

Walk around the halls of Baltimore’s B&O Railroad Museum and you will encounter many first, last, and only railroad objects.…

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A remarkable coincidence
Nov 3, 2025·History·Trains Magazine

A remarkable coincidence

[Ed. — This adventure is excerpted from a story originally appearing in Trains, September 1984. It, along with 45 other…

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A fishy call in the night
Oct 27, 2025·History·Trains Magazine

A fishy call in the night

Being a safety supervisor at a small regional railroad entailed more than being a statistician. When promoted to the position…

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Grand Central Station, Chicago
Oct 9, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Grand Central Station, Chicago

The Baltimore & Ohio’s passenger terminal in Chicago was Grand Central Station, built in 1890 to the plans of noted…

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Legends in their fields
Sep 29, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Legends in their fields

Trains magazine editor David P. Morgan pauses on a station platform at Joliet, Ill., to watch trains – in this case…

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Half-tracks on tracks
Sep 24, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Half-tracks on tracks

Army half-tracks are loaded onto flatcars at an unidentified location during World War II. This image is from the 1943…

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