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NC&StL F units
Nov 12, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

NC&StL F units

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis considered its 52 F3 and F7 units (32 cabs, 20 boosters) to be dual service…

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N&W 0-8-0 boiler
Nov 11, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

N&W 0-8-0 boiler

Norfolk & Western built 0-8-0 switchers until 1953, the last conventional steam locomotives built for U.S. service. Devoid of all…

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L&N at Ashley, Ill.
Nov 8, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

L&N at Ashley, Ill.

Louisville & Nashville train 92 between Nashville, Tenn., and St. Louis pulls into the old depot at Ashley, Ill., in…

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Hudson on the Hiawatha
Nov 7, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hudson on the Hiawatha

One of the Milwaukee Road’s dashing F7 4-6-4s accelerates the Hiawatha out of Chicago at the start of the streamliner’s run to…

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GM&O GP35s
Nov 6, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GM&O GP35s

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio traded in its Alco FA units on EMD GP30s and GP35, which came from La Grange…

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Pocatello prominence
Nov 1, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pocatello prominence

The Union Pacific hump yard at Pocatello, Idaho, receives cars from various branch lines, sorts them by destination, and forwards…

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Windy City respite
Oct 31, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Windy City respite

The Baltimore & Ohio dieselized its named passenger trains with six sets of Electro-Motive EA-EB passenger diesels in 1937–38. Here,…

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Wild Mary
Oct 30, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Wild Mary

The first two of seven Western Maryland 2-8-0s lift a 78-car eastbound train up the twisting grade through Black Fork…

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Unmistakable profile
Oct 29, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Unmistakable profile

Norfolk & Western class J 4-8-4 No. 608 rolls through a tunnel at Shawsville, Va., in June 1956. The unmistakable…

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Train Master
Oct 28, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Train Master

Fairbanks-Morse H-24-66, dubbed the Train Master, was known for its substantial carbody. At 2,400 hp, the Train Master was the…

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