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Remnant of a dream
Dec 6, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Remnant of a dream

The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient was conceived to connect Kansas City with the nearest Pacific Ocean port — Topolobampo,…

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Akron, Canton & Youngstown action
Dec 3, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Akron, Canton & Youngstown action

Akron, Canton & Youngstown H20-44 No. 503, a 2,000 h.p. end-cab road-switcher built by Fairbanks-Morse, crosses the Big Four (NYC)…

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Seaboard RS3 road-switchers
Dec 2, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Seaboard RS3 road-switchers

Two Seaboard Air Line RS3 road-switchers work at Madison, Fla., in 1965, two years before the road merged with the…

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Action at Union Avenue, Chicago
Dec 1, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Action at Union Avenue, Chicago

The location is Union Avenue interlocking at the east end of Burlington Northern’s “racetrack” to Aurora in about 1980. Amtrak…

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Oklahoma troop train
Nov 30, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Oklahoma troop train

Oklahoma troop train Santa Fe 4-6-2 1311 rolls east with a 13-car troop train near Quinlan, Okla., on Mar. 16,…

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Anthracite hauler
Nov 29, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Anthracite hauler

Anthracite hauler Reading Co. 2-10-2 3012 leads a train of anthracite along the Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, Pa., in July…

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Orders at Clare
Nov 24, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Orders at Clare

Orders at Clare At the joint Chesapeake & Ohio-Ann Arbor depot in Clare, Mich., the engineer on Toledo–Frankfort freight TF-1,…

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Model a boxcar storage scene
Nov 23, 2021·Prototype Railroads·Model Railroader

Model a boxcar storage scene

Model a boxcar storage scene to add realism to a model train layout. I’m a fan of shortline railroads. One…

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SoCal “Blimps”
Nov 23, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

SoCal “Blimps”

SoCal “Blimps” Three big “Blimp” cars leave downtown Los Angeles behind them as they proceed down PE’s four-track right of…

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