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Pan-American
Nov 5, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Pan-American

Pan-American In March 1971, Louisville & Nashville train 8, the northbound Pan-American, arrives at Nashville Union Station. Phil Gosney photo…

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White River Junction
Nov 4, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

White River Junction

White River Junction A steam-powered, heavyweight passenger train passes freight JS4 departing the Boston & Maine’s White River Junction, Vt.,…

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Train 447
Nov 3, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Train 447

Train 477 Train 477 out of Chicago holds the westward main track at Butler, Chicago & North Western’s principal Milwaukee-area…

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Ambassador
Nov 2, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Ambassador

Ambassador The northbound day train to Montreal, known as the Ambassador, crosses the Connecticut River near Windsor, Vt. It exemplifies…

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Train 4
Nov 1, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Train 4

Train 4 Pere Marquette’s unnamed Grand Rapids–Detroit train 4 rolls through Trowbridge, Mich., in 1940. Locomotive 712 is one of…

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Camelback ‘Comet’
Oct 29, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Camelback ‘Comet’

Camelback Comet Jersey Central Camelback 592 (now preserved in Baltimore) pinch-hits for a regularly assigned 4-6-2 on the Blue Comet…

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Passenger Geep
Oct 28, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Passenger Geep

Passenger Geep Southern Railway GP7 No. 2164 was in local service in eastern North Carolina when this image was made…

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‘Silver Meteor’
Oct 27, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Silver Meteor’

Silver Meteor The northbound Amtrak Silver Meteor from Miami rounds Honeymoon Wye on the way into Jacksonville, Fla., on June…

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Hard knock life
Oct 26, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hard knock life

Hard knock life Northern Pacific track workers labor near new Bozeman Tunnel in Montana in 1945. Regardless of the location…

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Remembering Reading Company locomotives
Oct 25, 2021·Fallen Flags·Classic Trains

Remembering Reading Company locomotives

All through October, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the gritty, coal-hauling, Pennsylvania-based Reading Company railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery…

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