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Hudson on the Riley
Sep 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Hudson on the Riley

New York Central J-1 4-6-4 No. 5373 brings the Chicago-bound James Whitcomb Riley into Kankakee, Ill., on January 23, 1956.…

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Lehigh Valley mail car
Sep 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Lehigh Valley mail car

Workers transfer mail between a Post Office Department truck and a Lehigh Valley Railway Post Office car around 1910. The…

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Classic Frisco
Sep 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Classic Frisco

One of the St. Louis-San Francisco’s beautiful 1500-series 4-8-2s swings through a reverse curve about 20 miles east of Oklahoma…

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A 4-4-0 in 1952
Sep 19, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

A 4-4-0 in 1952

Chicago & Illinois Midland 4-4-0 No. 500, built by Baldwin at the late date of 1927, pulls away from Hill…

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GM&O’s “Plug”
Sep 17, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GM&O’s “Plug”

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio F3 883-A leads the road’s weekday commuter train to Joliet away from Chicago Union Station not…

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Stalled on Kirkwood Hill
Sep 15, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Stalled on Kirkwood Hill

Greasy rails on Missouri Pacific’s Kirkwood Hill west of St. Louis have brought 2-10-2 helper No. 1716 and 4-8-4 road…

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GTW 4-8-4 on a freight
Sep 14, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

GTW 4-8-4 on a freight

Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6317 approaches South Bend (Ind.) Union Station with a westbound freight in April 1948. A dozen…

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C&NW steam excursion
Sep 10, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

C&NW steam excursion

Chicago & North Western class D 4-4-2 395 and 4-6-2 647 head west through a cut at Wales, Wis., with…

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Super-Power citadel
Sep 7, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Super-Power citadel

The Lima Locomotive Works plant in Lima, Ohio, birthplace of hundreds of advanced “Super-Power” steam locomotives, occupied a triangular site…

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Sumpter Valley Malley
Sep 3, 2017·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Sumpter Valley Malley

2-6-6-2 Mallet No. 250 of the 3-foot-gauge Sumpter Valley Railway in northeast Oregon rolls a train of lumber toward the…

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