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Remembering Great Northern freight trains
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 […]
Remembering Great Northern passenger trains
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. […]
Remembering the Great Northern Railway
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 […]
Remembering Lehigh & Hudson River Railway locomotives
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. […]
Remembering Lehigh & Hudson River Railway freight trains
All this month — August 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Lehigh & Hudson River Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include L&HR diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also […]
Remembering the Lehigh & Hudson River Railway — a history
History of the Lehigh & Hudson River Railway The Lehigh & Hudson River Railway was a bridge route in the most literal sense. For much of its lifetime, New England freight moving via the 6,747-foot-long (including approaches), 212-foot-high Poughkeepsie Bridge over the Hudson River at that New York town was L&HR’s essential lifeblood and key […]
Remembering Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo locomotives
Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and lore of famed (and infamous) railroads. In July 2020, we celebrate the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo. Please enjoy a collection of locomotive images located in the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include the TH&B’s iconic locomotives and classic scenic photos. […]
Remembering Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo freight trains
All this month — July 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include TH&B diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. […]
Remembering Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo passenger trains
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo passenger service consisted mainly of trains linking its three namesake cities, operated in conjunction with the Canadian Pacific and New York Central. […]
Remembering the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway
In historic TH&B turf, against the backdrop of Lake Ontario and amid the vineyards at aptly named Vinemount, Ontario, Geeps 76 and 77 roll the Port Maitland local east on March 29, 1982. Greg McDonnell History of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Canada, thanks to its two transcontinental giants after 1923, had few small “regional” […]
Remembering Texas & Pacific Railway locomotives
Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and lore of famed (and infamous) railroads. In June 2020, we celebrate the Texas & Pacific Railway. Please enjoy a collection of locomotive images located in the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include the T&P’s iconic locomotives and classic scenic photos. You might […]
