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Hoseshoe helper
Sep 25, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hoseshoe helper

Conrail 6070, a former Erie Lackawanna SD45, assists a westbound freight up Pennsylvania’s Horseshoe Curve on July 25, 1981, just…

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Half-tracks on tracks
Sep 24, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Half-tracks on tracks

Army half-tracks are loaded onto flatcars at an unidentified location during World War II. This image is from the 1943…

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Great grains
Sep 23, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Great grains

Jumbo 100-ton covered hoppers revolutionized rail handling of grain in the 1960s. The Great Northern staged this publicity photo near…

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Baltimore beauty
Sep 22, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Baltimore beauty

PCC car 7352 passes the imposing York Road car house in June 1960; this and six other Baltimore barns were…

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AT&SF Atlantic
Sep 18, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

AT&SF Atlantic

Built in 1910 by Baldwin, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 1485 is one of 23 similar locomotives that operated…

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Rapido Trains HO EMD GP40
Sep 17, 2025·Staff Reviews·Model Railroader

Rapido Trains HO EMD GP40

A Rapido Trains HO scale  (1:87.1) Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP40 diesel locomotive arrives in Model Railroader magazine’s workshop for review…

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Armstrong indeed
Sep 17, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Armstrong indeed

Armstrong levers – so named because they took some arm strength to move – were used to throw turnouts and…

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