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South Shore Baldwin
Aug 19, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

South Shore Baldwin

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic DRS-6-6-15 road-switcher No. 201 stands with a bulkhead flatcar of pulpwood, a major commodity in…

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Coal train on Helmstetter’s Curve
Aug 19, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Coal train on Helmstetter’s Curve

Railfans watch as a Western Maryland coal train swings around famous Helmstetter’s Curve on its descent eastward toward Cumberland, Md.,…

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4-6-6-4 in Cumberland Narrows
Aug 18, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

4-6-6-4 in Cumberland Narrows

Western Maryland 4-6-6-4 1202 drifts downgrade with an eastbound freight in the narrows along the Potomac River just west of…

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Building an overhead layout
Aug 15, 2025·Layout Visits·Classic Toy Trains

Building an overhead layout

Donald Haney shares video of the overhead layout he built for his infant son. Get instructions and a diagram in…

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“Modern” reefer of the 1920s
Aug 15, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

“Modern” reefer of the 1920s

Pacific Fruit Express was co-owned by Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. This 40-foot class R-30-12 car, built in 1923, had…

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Workaday Baldwins
Aug 14, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Workaday Baldwins

Chesapeake Western, a 54-mile T-shaped west central Virginia road, employed three 1946 Baldwin DS-4-4-660s, two of which drill cars at Harrisonburg,…

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