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E7 on B&M’s Mountaineer
Aug 10, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

E7 on B&M’s Mountaineer

Brand-new E7 3810 leads Boston & Maine’s Mountaineer out of Boston in June 1946. The diesel illustrates the as-delivered scheme…

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Doubleheaded MoPac Berkshires
Aug 9, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Doubleheaded MoPac Berkshires

Two of Missouri Pacific’s 25 2-8-4 Berkshires, built by Lima in 1935, get under way with a freight at St.…

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NYC’s Mercury departs Chicago
Aug 5, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NYC’s Mercury departs Chicago

In Chicago, trains of New York Central subsidiary Michigan Central generally used Illinois Central’s lakefront Central Station. Here a Hudson…

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Building Nicholson Viaduct
Aug 4, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Building Nicholson Viaduct

Construction of the Lackawanna Railroad’s colossal viaduct over Tunkhannock Creek at Nicholson, Pa., is in its early stages in this…

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What locomotive generators do
Aug 3, 2022·Locomotives·Trains Magazine

What locomotive generators do

What locomotive generators do is no secret: They produce electricity. Alternators and generators in locomotives convert mechanical energy from the…

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B&O Pacific in a hurry
Aug 3, 2022·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O Pacific in a hurry

Baltimore & Ohio class P-5 No. 5227, a USRA light Pacific, hurries through North Bend, Ohio, with overnight St. Louis–Cincinnati…

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