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North Coast Limited
Jun 3, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

North Coast Limited

Officially a Burlington Northern train but looking just as it had under the Northern Pacific, the North Coast Limited pauses at Butte,…

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Narrow gauge freight
Jun 2, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Narrow gauge freight

A 70-car Rio Grande narrow gauge freight drops down Tanglefoot Curve east of Cumbres, Colo., on June 11, 1960. Power…

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N&W standard
May 30, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

N&W standard

Rare elsewhere, the 4-8-0 was Norfolk & Western’s top freight engine until 1910, when the first articulateds arrived. Out of…

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Minuteman
May 29, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Minuteman

Boston & Maine train 58, the eastbound Minuteman, approaches North Pownal, Vt., in August 1940. Pacific 3658 has milk cars…

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Man and machine
May 28, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Man and machine

At Works Tower in Altoona, Pa., a fresh crew gets ready to take Chicago-bound Pennsylvania Railroad piggyback train TT1 west.…

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High-pressure short line
May 27, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

High-pressure short line

Alabama, Tennessee & Northern No. 11, a General Electric 45-ton center-cab diesel, switches high-pressure tank cars for a refinery on…

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