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Pacific on a Soo Line local
Feb 17, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pacific on a Soo Line local

Soo Line 4-6-2 2718 is at Sussex, Wis., with Minneapolis–Chicago local train No. 2 in a view from the late…

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New Haven wire train
Feb 16, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

New Haven wire train

Orange-and-green Alco S1 No. 0971 leads a bright-red wire train down the New Haven Railroad’s main line at Pelham, N.Y.,…

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N&W Y6 eastbound
Feb 15, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

N&W Y6 eastbound

One of Norfolk & Western’s powerful homebuilt Y6-class 2-8-8-2 Mallets drifts downgrade along the New River with eastbound freight at…

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Penn Central freight
Feb 14, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Penn Central freight

A mix of EMD and GE diesels power a westbound Penn Central freight on the former Pennsy Pittsburgh–St. Louis line…

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Introducing the Nancy Hanks II!
Feb 14, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Introducing the Nancy Hanks II!

A crowd has gathered in Savannah, Ga., for the July 6, 1947, christening of Central of Georgia’s new streamliner, the…

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Five mind-blowing railroad words
Feb 13, 2023·History·Trains Magazine

Five mind-blowing railroad words

Mind-blowing railroad words Depending on how you slice it, there are easily over one million words in the English language.…

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Fire-fighting 4-6-0
Feb 13, 2023·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Fire-fighting 4-6-0

Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 2248, built in 1896, remained active into the 1950s providing motive power and pumping capacity for…

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