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G-MO in Joliet
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

G-MO in Joliet

Two of the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio’s four F7As approach UD Tower in Joliet, Ill., in fall 1951 with a…

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Horseshoe meet
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Horseshoe meet

In May 1967, westbound and eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freights pass a train stopped at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa. J.J.…

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20th Century Limited
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

20th Century Limited

Streamlined Hudson-type No. 5448 leads New York Central’s 20th Century Limited at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago in the late 1930s. Nos.…

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Bessemer bridge
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Bessemer bridge

A brand-new A-B-B-A set of orange-and-black Bessemer & Lake Erie EMD F7 diesels pose on the State Route 358 bridge…

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Burlington beets
Jun 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Burlington beets

A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy train treads some of the most famous tracks outside of the mountains in Colorado: street…

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Pigs over Cuesta
Apr 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pigs over Cuesta

A Southern Pacific piggyback train of modified conventional flatcars with company trailers negotiates Cuesta Grade above San Luis Obispo, Calif.,…

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Timeworn combine, tiny Pacific
Mar 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Timeworn combine, tiny Pacific

On Tennessee’s Smoky Mountain Railroad, a ramshackle old combine is pushed by 4-6-2 No. 110 on May 26, 1952. Outshopped…

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Wabash diesel, CN steam
Mar 20, 2019·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Wabash diesel, CN steam

At Fort Erie, Ont., Wabash F7 1160 and Canadian National 2-8-2 3431 share a November 1956 night. The diesel was…

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