Pennsy RS1
The Pennsylvania owned 22 Alco RS1s, acquired 1950–51. In this late 1950s view, No. 5620 idles at South Amboy, N.J.,…
Read moreThe Pennsylvania owned 22 Alco RS1s, acquired 1950–51. In this late 1950s view, No. 5620 idles at South Amboy, N.J.,…
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Santa Fe refrigerator cars loaded with potatoes from Kern County, Calif., head eastward at Topock, Ariz., in 1953. Even though…
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Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3404, nicely turned out with white tires, running boards, and cylinder-head covers, assists a train up Tennessee…
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An early-1940s view from atop St. Louis Union Station’s trainshed imparts a sense of how busy the big terminal was…
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Having gotten a full bunker of coal, Tennessee Railroad 2-8-2 No. 40 takes water from the big tank at Oneida,…
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Northern Pacific’s westbound Mainstreeter carries several head-end cars as it rolls near Missoula, Mont., in 1966, including four NP express baggage cars,…
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Making 90 mph on an E7, a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road foreman of engines whistles for a grade crossing…
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Passengers line up along the marble ticket counter just inside the front entrance of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal shortly…
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In September 1955, Pennsylvania Railroad M1 4-8-2 6894 leads an ore train west at Alexandria, Pa., on the road’s Hollidaysburg…
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GE’s 70-tonner was ideal for the lightly constructed Pacific Great Eastern. The British Columbia road had six of them, two…
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The Soo Line used what it called Mobile Cleaning Units — trucks with a power sweeper, power washers, and other…
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Canadian Pacific 4-4-0 136 waits to enter the one-stall engine house at Norton, N.B., after bringing a mixed train in…
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