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U-boats on the Fall Brook
Jun 11, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

U-boats on the Fall Brook

Snow begins to melt on an early spring day in 1974 as two six-axle General Electric “U-boats” head south along…

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Superlative steam
Jun 10, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Superlative steam

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific had a fleet of 85 4-8-4 Northerns, largest in the country. Here, No. 5058 leads…

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Sideswipe survivor
Jun 9, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Sideswipe survivor

The remains of Santa Fe GP38 No. 3552 lie in a ditch following a sideswipe incident at Booth, Texas, on…

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Royal Gorge
Jun 6, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Royal Gorge

The Rio Grande’s Tennessee Pass line traversed Colorado’s Royal Gorge west of Pueblo on the road’s route to Utah. Here,…

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Prairie State steam
Jun 5, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Prairie State steam

Chicago & North Western train 6, heavy with mail and express, speeds east near Dekalb, Ill., in 1949. H-1 class…

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Overseas Alco
Jun 4, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Overseas Alco

For World War II, the U.S. military adopted a six-axle variation of Alco’s 1941 RS1 for overseas duty. U.S. Army…

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