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Company service
Aug 6, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Company service

Company service Texas Electric Utilities E25B No. 2304, southbound with coal for Monticello, Texas, in May 1984, represents the first…

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Overland Route
Aug 5, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Overland Route

Overland Route A trim Southern Pacific 4-6-2 makes better than 60 mph with Overland Limited east of Elko, Nev., in…

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‘Shasta Daylight’
Aug 4, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

‘Shasta Daylight’

Shasta Daylight The Oakland-bound Shasta Daylight rumbles over the big, curved trestle at Redding, Calif., in mid-1950. The Shasta was…

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Railroad man
Aug 3, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Railroad man

Railroad man Gainesville Midland Railroad conductor L. C. Birchfield is perched in a caboose cupola in the late 1950s. The…

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Rolling fortress
Aug 2, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Rolling fortress

Rolling fortress With two big engines leading a dozen heavyweight cars into the desert, the Southern Pacific’s Sunset Limited looks…

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Keeping an even keel
Jul 30, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Keeping an even keel

Keeping an even keel It was important for boxcar loads of grain to be level. Sometimes workers had to enter…

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Cab-forward conveyance
Jul 29, 2021·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Cab-forward conveyance

Cab-forward conveyance A puff of oil smoke hangs in the air over Truckee as AC 4-8-8-2 No. 4185 gets the…

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