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E-unit engineer
Feb 5, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

E-unit engineer

J. F. Brunson is in the hot seat for the Florence (S.C.)–Savannah (Ga.) leg of Atlantic Coast Line train 75,…

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Washington state logging trestle
Feb 4, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Washington state logging trestle

A work train slowly moves across 1,130-foot-long Baird Creek Trestle during the bridge’s construction in 1940 at Weyerhauser Co.’s St.…

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UP’s Daylight Livestock
Feb 3, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

UP’s Daylight Livestock

Among the best-known dedicated livestock trains was the Union Pacific’s Daylight Livestock, train 299. It’s heading west on Cajon Pass…

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Streamliner pioneer
Jan 31, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Streamliner pioneer

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’s Zephyr was the first diesel streamliner, entering service in 1934. The locomotive, which was articulated with the…

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Streamlined steam
Jan 30, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Streamlined steam

Brooks-built class Norfolk & Western K2 4-8-2 No. 117 goes for a turntable ride at Schaffers Crossing in Roanoke, Va.,…

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Reassigned obs car
Jan 28, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Reassigned obs car

In Chicago, an observation car originally built for Great Northern’s 1947 Empire Builder is ready for its first run on the Western Star in…

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Produce power
Jan 27, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Produce power

A Southern Pacific produce train arrives at Tucumcari, N.M., in June 1951 behind AC-9 class 2-8-8-4 No. 3804. The railroad…

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Pioneer coach
Jan 24, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pioneer coach

A replica Pioneer coach rides a special flatcar at the Chicago & North Western station in Fond du Lac, Wis., on June…

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Piggybacks at Portrero
Jan 23, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Piggybacks at Portrero

Three Southern Pacific F units lead a Los Angeles-bound piggyback train running as Extra 6368 East past Portrero Tower in…

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Piggyback publicity
Jan 22, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Piggyback publicity

A driver backs a brand-new 40-foot Union Pacific trailer into position on a likewise-new 85-foot flatcar in a 1959 publicity…

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Multi-level transportation
Jan 21, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Multi-level transportation

Amtrak’s Pioneer began as an Amfleet-only train. By June 1981 it had become a hybrid of Amfleet, Superliner, and heritage equipment, as…

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Joliet junket
Jan 20, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Joliet junket

An eastbound Rock Island freight, led by a red-and-black F unit trio — FT A-B 99/99B plus an F2 —…

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