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McCloud might
Jun 27, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

McCloud might

A McCloud River Railroad freight rolls thought Bartle, Calif., in July 1983. Lead unit No. 39 is the road’s sole…

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Labor intensive
Jun 26, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Labor intensive

Labor intensive Hundred-pound sacks of flour are stacked in a single-sheathed Rock Island boxcar at Minneapolis in 1939. The paper…

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Innovation ended
Jun 25, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Innovation ended

Hundreds of small towns had piggyback ramps through the 1960s, as seen here on the Minneapolis & St. Louis in…

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Homemade muscle
Jun 24, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Homemade muscle

Norfolk & Western Y6 2-8-8-2 No. 2130, one of the road’s distinctive homegrown designs, works near Elliston, Va., 20 miles…

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Grain-hauling boxcars
Jun 23, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Grain-hauling boxcars

A string of single-sheathed boxcars awaits coopering at an elevator on the Milwaukee Road in Sisseton, S.Dak., in 1939. Single-sheathed…

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Georgia Steam
Jun 20, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Georgia Steam

Gainesville Midland 2-8-0 No. 301 switches at Gainesville, Ga., in the 1950s. The two-story building above its stack is the…

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