Pittsburg & Shawmut coal train

20181019

Three yellow-and-red SW9s move a cut of hopper cars out of the coal-cleaning plant at Ringgold, Pa. in the mid-1950s. P&S, a 100-mile line between Freeport and Brockway, Pa., dieselized in 1953 with nine SW9s. Richard J. Cook photo […]

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Rush hour on the Erie

20181018

Pacifics of three different classes are poised to depart the Erie’s Jersey City passenger terminal with outbound commuter trains at 5:27 p.m. on June 26, 1951. Ed Theisinger photo […]

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Santa Fe reefers in Arizona

20181029

Four F7s ease a train of refrigerator cars around one of the many curves on the original line between Supai and Welch, Ariz., in a 1950s publicity photo. The road’s 1960 line change between Williams Junction and Crookton avoided this tough stretch. Santa Fe photo […]

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Taxi stand at NOUPT

20181003

An usher at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal carries luggage and whistles for a cab at the depot’s taxi stand in the mid-1950s, when NOUPT was new. James G. La Vake photo […]

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Mississippi Central work train

20181015

Mikado 131 of the Mississippi Central, a 150-mile line linking Natchez and Hattiesburg, Miss., heads a work train assisting in the cleanup of a mishap west of Brookhaven. The 2-8-2 carries two bells, a characteristic of MSC steam power. C. W. Witbeck photo […]

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New Haven wire train

20181025

Car W-933, converted from an old baggage car, is part of a five-car New Haven wire train based out of New Rochelle, N.Y. The platform on the roof provides a place for workers to stand as they repair the overhead catenary. Bruce Owen Nett photo […]

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NYC North Country local

20181016

New York Central train 175, having come up overnight from New York City, stands at Canton, N.Y., between Watertown and Massena on the St. Lawrence Division, as a truckload of mail is loaded in 1959. Theodore Shrady photo […]

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Coast Line operator

20181010

Mrs. L. H. McBratney, operator at Atlantic Coast Line’s WG Tower in Florence, S.C., sends a telegraph message during her third-trick shift in August 1957. William D. Middleton photo […]

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