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Remembering Great Northern freight trains

Steam locomotive hauling a long freight train through a prairie.

  All this month — September 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Great Northern Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include GN diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]

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Remembering Great Northern passenger trains

Worker loads bags into a passenger car amid several passenger trains at a station with a tall clock tower.

  All through September 2020, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, grit and grandeur of the Great Northern Railway. Please enjoy this Great Northern Railway passenger train photo gallery, originally published in September 2018. If you like this gallery, please take a look at an article on the history of the Great Northern, here. […]

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Remembering the Great Northern Railway

Steam locomotive with boxcars on prairie

  In 1857 the Minnesota & Pacific Railroad was chartered to build a line from Stillwater, Minnesota, on the St. Croix River, through St. Paul and St. Cloud to St. Vincent, in the northwest corner of the state. The company defaulted after completing a roadbed between St. Paul and St. Cloud, Minnesota, and its charter […]

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Remembering Lehigh & Hudson River Railway locomotives

Camelback steam locomotive seen from above and behind at a dirt road crossing.

Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and lore of famed (and infamous) railroads. In August 2020, we celebrate the Lehigh & Hudson River Railway. Please enjoy a collection of locomotive images located in the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include the L&HRs iconic locomotives and classic scenic photos. […]

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