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Moffat Tunnel car washers
Feb 12, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Moffat Tunnel car washers

The Rio Grande equipped both ends of the Moffat Tunnel with high-pressure car-washing sprayers to clean windows in preparation for…

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CN 2-8-0 in the rain
Feb 11, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

CN 2-8-0 in the rain

In a 1957 view from a crossing watchman’s tower at Burlington, Ont., elderly Canadian National 2-8-0 2647 passes in heavy…

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EM-1 cresting Newburg Grade
Feb 10, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

EM-1 cresting Newburg Grade

Baltimore & Ohio class EM-1 2-8-8-4 7620 crests Newburg Grade in West Virginia with eastbound coal in 1948. William P.…

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Early SP intermodal train
Feb 9, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Early SP intermodal train

An A-B-A set of F units departs San Francisco with Southern Pacific train 372, the piggyback-heavy Advance Overnight for Los…

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B&O “Dockside” 0-4-0T
Feb 6, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

B&O “Dockside” 0-4-0T

Baltimore & Ohio No. 9 is one of four class C-16 0-4-0T switchers built in 1912 to work tight-radius street…

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Lackawanna’s great Pequest Fill
Feb 5, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Lackawanna’s great Pequest Fill

A 4-8-4 leads a freight east across the Lackawanna Railroad’s colossal Pequest Fill. At more than 3 miles long, Pequest…

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Retail railroading
Feb 4, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Retail railroading

In a scene far removed from today’s unit and intermodal trains, a small boy watches as a shipment is loaded…

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PRR’s first passenger diesel
Feb 3, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

PRR’s first passenger diesel

Pennsylvania E7A 5901, one of the units constituting the big road’s first passenger diesel, teams up with an E7B and…

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GG1 to the rescue
Feb 3, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GG1 to the rescue

Amtrak E60CH 966 on the Washington-bound Murray Hill has become disabled just south of Bowie, Md., on March 26, 1976.…

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Cody’s Office | February 2026
Feb 3, 2026·Cody's Office·Model Railroader

Cody’s Office | February 2026

This February 2026 episode of Cody’s Office features an exciting product lineup, essential modeling tips, and viewer questions. Senior Editor…

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Santa Fe’s Barstow Yard
Feb 2, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Santa Fe’s Barstow Yard

An early-1904s view of the Santa Fe’s big freight yard at Barstow, Calif., shows, at the left side of the…

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