St Louis-San Francisco passenger trains remembered
St. Louis-San Francisco passenger trains are part of Classic Trains‘ editors’ celebration of the Frisco all through May 2022. Please…
Read moreSt. Louis-San Francisco passenger trains are part of Classic Trains‘ editors’ celebration of the Frisco all through May 2022. Please…
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Union Pacific Challenger: Railroad slogans are one of the industry’s lost arts. The old ad men and promoters who came…
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Erie Lackawanna’s hottest freight trains, eastbound NE-74 (left, powered by SD45s) and westbound CX-99, meet on former Erie trackage beside…
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Diesels with trolley poles: Interurban railways usually had some form of freight traffic supplementing their passenger business, but almost none…
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EMD DDA40X: In 1968, Union Pacific purchased 50 20-cylinder, 3,600 hp EMD SD45s for high-speed service. However, the units did…
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A long string of Pacific Fruit Express reefers is being loaded with mail at right as workers sort mail bags…
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Between the years 1976 and 1999, Conrail business trains operated for three purposes: to enable railroad executives to travel the…
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The 124 open-platform coaches the Burlington Route used in Chicago–Downers Grove–Aurora commuter service were Spartan conveyances. No. 7165 stands between…
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Louisville & Nashville class M-1 2-8-4 No. 1950 — a “Big Emma” — rolls empty coal hopper cars at Hargett,…
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The St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad was a survivor and an innovator. It weathered some very rough times, including at least…
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Pennsylvania Railroad 5698, one of the road’s two class K5 4-6-2s, heads an unidentified passenger train south on the Northern…
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Conrail locomotives: Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, heritage, and style of Conrail all through April 2022. Enjoy this…
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