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0-4-0T in New Hampshire
Feb 13, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

0-4-0T in New Hampshire

Franconia Paper Co. 0-4-0T No. 3, built by Porter in 1917 for the Watertown (Mass.) Arsenal, putters about the paper…

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“Little” Mallet on the N&W
Feb 12, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

“Little” Mallet on the N&W

Norfolk & Western class Z1b 2-6-6-2 1480 is at Norton, Va., in May 1952. A decent-sized engine by most standards,…

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Rock Island FP7 at Joliet
Feb 11, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rock Island FP7 at Joliet

FP7 No. 405 backs past Joliet (Ill.) Union Station to pick up a Rock Island suburban consist for a run…

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Ma & Pa Ten-Wheeler at Towson
Feb 6, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ma & Pa Ten-Wheeler at Towson

Maryland & Pennsylvania 4-6-0 No. 27 is being ferried north ahead of train 1’s gas-electric car at Towson, Md., in…

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E-unit engineer
Feb 5, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

E-unit engineer

J. F. Brunson is in the hot seat for the Florence (S.C.)–Savannah (Ga.) leg of Atlantic Coast Line train 75,…

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Washington state logging trestle
Feb 4, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Washington state logging trestle

A work train slowly moves across 1,130-foot-long Baird Creek Trestle during the bridge’s construction in 1940 at Weyerhauser Co.’s St.…

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UP’s Daylight Livestock
Feb 3, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

UP’s Daylight Livestock

Among the best-known dedicated livestock trains was the Union Pacific’s Daylight Livestock, train 299. It’s heading west on Cajon Pass…

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Streamliner pioneer
Jan 31, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Streamliner pioneer

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’s Zephyr was the first diesel streamliner, entering service in 1934. The locomotive, which was articulated with the…

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Streamlined steam
Jan 30, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Streamlined steam

Brooks-built class Norfolk & Western K2 4-8-2 No. 117 goes for a turntable ride at Schaffers Crossing in Roanoke, Va.,…

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