New England Alcos
Three Alco RS3s lead a Boston & Maine freight near White River Junction, Vt. The railroad had 26 such units,…
Read moreThree Alco RS3s lead a Boston & Maine freight near White River Junction, Vt. The railroad had 26 such units,…
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The Central of Georgia’s Atlanta to Savanna Nancy Hanks II approaches the station at Macon, Ga., on its exhibition run behind brand-new…
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When Kalmbach Publishing Co. moved from Milwaukee to the western suburb of Waukesha in 1989, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy…
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Southern Pacific AC-7 class 4-8-8-2 No. 4165 pulls an extra freight near Mount Shasta, Calif., in January 1944. Baldwin built…
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Milwaukee Road’s Viroqua Patrol, with an Alco RSD5 in charge, crosses the Burlington Northern’s ex-Chicago, Burlington & Quincy main line…
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The Denver & Rio Grande Western, symbol of so much of Colorado railroading, had nowhere else to go for traffic.…
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Illinois Terminal GP38-2 No. 2004 leads two sisters and a Conrail GP38-2 at Granite City, Ill., in August 1980. The…
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Norfolk & Western’s top fast-freight engines were 43 class A simple articulated 2-6-6-4s. No. 1239, built in 1949 as part…
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The Pennsylvania Railroad liked to double-head K4s Pacifics on heavy passenger trains. Here, the second section of eastbound train 76,…
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After doubling its train together at Clare Yard in Cincinnati, train 78 prepares to depart east for Portsmouth, Ohio, over…
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Colorado Railroad Museum founder Bob Richardson moves a three-way switch at the Narrow Gauge Museum south of Alamosa, Colo., in…
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Trailers were loaded and unloaded at mid-century “circus style” by means of a ramp at the end of a track…
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