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Ma & Pa caboose
Jan 2, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ma & Pa caboose

Maryland & Pennsylvania four-wheel caboose 2003 — a little car with a big number — whiles away the day at…

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Tank engine with a tender
Dec 31, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Tank engine with a tender

Even though it’s a tank locomotive (with the water tank around the boiler), Rayonier 2-6-6-2T No. 111 also sports a…

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West Side Heisler
Dec 30, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

West Side Heisler

West Side Lumber Co. two-truck Heisler No. 3 was one of about 600 geared locomotives produced by the Heisler Locomotive…

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Ma & Pa six-wheel switcher
Dec 29, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ma & Pa six-wheel switcher

Maryland & Pennsylvania 0-6-0 No. 30 stands at the road’s ramshackle coal dock at Baltimore in March 1955. H. N.…

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Alco and Baldwins at Rutland, Vt.
Dec 26, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Alco and Baldwins at Rutland, Vt.

Lots of switching occurs around the slow-speed trackage at the junction between the Green Mountain line to Bellows Falls (left)…

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WM diesels for smoke abatement
Dec 25, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

WM diesels for smoke abatement

Two Western Maryland F3s haul a 2-10-0 and its train on the outskirts of Baltimore. The diesels were on the…

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Toledo Central Union Terminal
Dec 24, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Toledo Central Union Terminal

One of the last big-city stations to be built was Toledo Central Union Terminal, completed in 1950. Owned by New…

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Niagara on the run
Dec 22, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Niagara on the run

New York Central 4-8-4 Niagara 6023 is near the end of its short life as it rambles through Millbury Junction,…

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Turbine orphan
Dec 19, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Turbine orphan

Westinghouse and partner Baldwin fielded an experimental 4,000 h.p. B-B+B-B gas-turbine-electric in 1950. Dubbed the “Blue Goose” because of its…

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P5a’s on a PRR freight
Dec 18, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

P5a’s on a PRR freight

Two Pennsylvania Railroad P5a electrics roll northward with a freight at Halethorpe, Md., in the 1940s. Early P5a’s had box-cab…

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CB&Q Northern at Mendota
Dec 12, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

CB&Q Northern at Mendota

Burlington Route 4-8-4 No. 5621 on a westbound freight clatters across the Illinois Central diamonds at Mendota, Ill., as it…

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