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Meet on the C&IM
Mar 10, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Meet on the C&IM

Chicago & Illinois Midland 2-8-2 550 waits in the siding at Atterbury, Ill., with northbound way freight as the caboose…

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Seaboard caboose crew
Mar 9, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Seaboard caboose crew

The conductor and flagman aboard a Seaboard Air Line caboose work on their paperwork as their train rolls through the…

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Standard and narrow gauge in Maine
Mar 6, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Standard and narrow gauge in Maine

The two-foot-gauge Bridgton & Harrison (former Bridgton & Saco River) interchanged passengers and freight with the Maine Central in Bridgton…

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Little engine in a big land
Feb 16, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Little engine in a big land

This little 0-4-2T worked in building the Alaska Railroad, then went on to serve two logging operations along the line.…

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Moffat Tunnel car washers
Feb 12, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Moffat Tunnel car washers

The Rio Grande equipped both ends of the Moffat Tunnel with high-pressure car-washing sprayers to clean windows in preparation for…

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CN 2-8-0 in the rain
Feb 11, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

CN 2-8-0 in the rain

In a 1957 view from a crossing watchman’s tower at Burlington, Ont., elderly Canadian National 2-8-0 2647 passes in heavy…

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EM-1 cresting Newburg Grade
Feb 10, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

EM-1 cresting Newburg Grade

Baltimore & Ohio class EM-1 2-8-8-4 7620 crests Newburg Grade in West Virginia with eastbound coal in 1948. William P.…

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Early SP intermodal train
Feb 9, 2026·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Early SP intermodal train

An A-B-A set of F units departs San Francisco with Southern Pacific train 372, the piggyback-heavy Advance Overnight for Los…

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