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Motorcar mania
Aug 4, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Motorcar mania

Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier motor 122 is loaded at Rainelle, W.Va., with LCL and mail, plus a few passengers. The…

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Monongahela monstrosity
Aug 1, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Monongahela monstrosity

Pittsburgh & West Virginia’s Connellsville, Pa., line was rife with major bridges. Biggest of all was this colossal crossing of…

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Mail money
Jul 31, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Mail money

In 1968, workers load Missouri Pacific Railway Post Office cars at St. Louis Union Station. As passengers deserted the trains,…

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Iowa interurban
Jul 30, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Iowa interurban

Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern freight extra 362 south meets northbound car 72, running as Boone–Fort Dodge train 1,…

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High-nose U25B demonstrator
Jul 29, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

High-nose U25B demonstrator

General Electric 2504 was one of four red-and-white U25B demonstrator diesels that toured the nation in 1962. One, No. 2501,…

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F units into Alexandria
Jul 28, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

F units into Alexandria

A three-unit set of dark blue-and-gray Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac F7s brings a northbound freight train into Alexandria, Va., in…

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Yooper utility
Jul 25, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Yooper utility

Two of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s three Alco RS2 road-switchers power one of the railroad’s freight trains. The LS&I,…

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Coupling up at New Orleans
Jul 24, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Coupling up at New Orleans

A carman couples a red-and-orange Alco PA diesel to Southern Pacific’s Argonaut at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal coach yard shortly…

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