Railroads & Locomotives Preview September 2023 Classic Trains content

Preview September 2023 Classic Trains content

By Brian Schmidt | July 31, 2023

| Last updated on September 20, 2023


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A good and unique ‘Family’ member

Black diesel locomotives on mixed freight and passenger train
On Oct. 23, 1975), Georgia coach 106, Budd-built in 1949 for WofA for use on the Cres-cent, trails WofA and GA GP40s, two GA GP7s, and a GP9 on mainline train 103 near Lithonia.

In character, the Georgia Road was both a Class 1 hauler and a down-home short line

 

Amtrak GE P30CH locomotive

Amtrak St. Louis service train departing covered station
Train 304, the northbound Ann Rutledge, departs St. Louis Union Station on Jan. 24, 1976 behind P30CH diesel locomotive No. 705. J. David Ingles photo, Brian M. Schmidt collection

This distinctive diesel found its niche on the mile-long Auto Train in the late 1980s

Canadian National MLW RSC24 diesel locomotives

Green-and-yellow diesel locomotive
Canadian National RSC24 No. 1801. Brian M. Schmidt collection

Conceived of cannibalism, these diminutive diesels served more than a decade in Canada’s Maritimes

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