Union Pacific mixed train Consolidation 284 leads Union Pacific train 386, a mixed train on the road’s Idaho Northern Branch, near Smith’s Ferry, Idaho, in December 1947. R. H. Kindig photo […]
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Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad steam excursion led by ex-Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 No. 18 heads west in Monte Vista, Colo., on Aug. 2, 2008. William Diehl […]
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President Pacific at speed Baltimore & Ohio P-7 4-6-2 5310, named President Taylor when built in 1927, pinch-hits for the usual streamlined P-7 on the northbound Cincinnatian at Carlisle, Ohio, in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
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Stranger on the Central of Georgia The Tuscan red-painted stainless-steel Pennsylvania Railroad cars of the Chicago–Miami South Wind follow Central of Georgia 4-8-2 488 through Weems, Ala. (9 miles east of Birmingham) on April 4, 1948. The streamliner was detouring over the CofG because of flooding on its normal route. Linn H. Westcott photo […]
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Train time at Chadron, Nebr. Way out on Chicago & North Western’s lonely “Cowboy Line,” 4-6-2 No. 1588 arrives Chadron, Nebr., with daily-except-Sunday train 13 from Omaha, 447 miles to the east. The train is bound for Rapid City, S.Dak., 104 miles west. Fred H. Ragsdale photo […]
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4-8-2 on the Creole’s connection Illinois Central 4-8-2 No. 2438 pulls out of Carbondale, Ill., with train 208, the St. Louis connection for the Creole, in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
UP No. 4014 Big Boy chase photos
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Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014
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B&O KK-4b pulling a load of empties
The model is a super detailed Bachmann 2-6-6-2 simulating a KK-4b. […]
Omaha switcher
Baldwin built this 0-8-0 for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, a Chicago & North Western affiliate better known as the Omaha Road, in 1928. The 51-inch drivers are typical for switchers. Photo by Baldwin, H. L. Broadbelt collection […]
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Remembering Great Northern locomotives
All through September 2020 Classic Trains editors celebrate the history, legends, and grandeur of the Great Northern Railway. This month, we hope you enjoy a photo gallery of GN steam locomotives, electric locomotives, and diesel locomotives through time. You might also enjoy this history article; a photo gallery of passenger trains or Great Northern […]
