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Glowing gateway
Oct 10, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Glowing gateway

The clean-lined entrance to the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal features a liberal use of glass and is brilliantly lighted…

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California commerce
Oct 3, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

California commerce

The Southern Pacific had large trailer-on-flatcar ramps in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Multiple trains could be loaded and unloaded…

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Spuyten Duyvil panorama
Jul 18, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Spuyten Duyvil panorama

A mid-1940s view from the Henry Hudson Parkway bridge near the north end of New York City shows the converging…

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New Orleans station concourse
Jul 10, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

New Orleans station concourse

New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, opened in 1954 as one of America’s last pre-Amtrak big-city passenger terminals, featured an open-air…

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D&H PA on a swing bridge
Jul 4, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

D&H PA on a swing bridge

A PA-powered Delaware & Hudson passenger train crosses a center-bearing plate girder swing bridge on the Canadian Pacific at Lachine,…

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Plans for a masonry depot
Jul 2, 2024·Build a Model Railroad·Model Railroader

Plans for a masonry depot

Harold W. Russell’s illustrations have been appearing in Model Railroader magazine since the mid-1960s. He has more than 150 bylines…

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