A dramatic nighttime photo shows an oil train on the Erie Railroad during World War II, when German submarines menaced coastal shipping, forcing petroleum from the Gulf Coast onto the rails. Erie photo […]
Oil train on the Erie
RPO on IC’s Hawkeye
A Railway Post Office clerk looks out from a doorway during a stop at Waterloo, Iowa, in April 1967. The train is Illinois Central’s Sioux City–Chicago Hawkeye. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Santa Fe on the Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway No. 3895, a 2-10-2 Santa Fe type named for the road that originated the wheel arrangement, hauls a freight east up California’s Cajon Pass in 1949. Donald Sims photo […]
Chicago River & Indiana Lima switcher
No. 9806 is one of Chicago River & Indiana’s 21 800 h.p. Lima-Hamilton switchers, built in 1951. The little road’s name is in an oval on the cabside, while CR&I parent New York Central System is identified on the hood. Robert A. Janz photo […]
Lima’s last Shay
Western Maryland three-truck Shay No. 6 works a coal plant on the Chaffee (W.Va.) Branch not long after delivery in 1945. The 324,000-pound giant was the last of nearly 2,800 Shays built by Lima Locomotive Works. Today she works on the Cass Scenic Railroad. Western Maryland photo […]
Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern freight
Conceived in 1907 as an interurban line, Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern never did electrify. In the diesel era, MN&S favored Baldwin products like this blue-and-silver DRS-6-6-1500, shown switching the yard at Auto Club Junction south of Minneapolis in 1958. William D. Middleton photo […]
Morning Hi at Portage, Wis.
Milwaukee Road’s westbound Morning Hiawatha pauses at Portage, Wis., in October 1965. Tucked behind the E units are several head-end cars, including a Great Northern express boxcar, Milwaukee express boxcar, and GN baggage express car. Tom Hoffmann photo […]
Nighttime at North Platte
This view from 1950 looks eastward from the hump of Union Pacific’s newly expanded yard at North Platte, Nebr. Wallace W. Abbey photo […]
5,400 h.p. on the Burlington Route
A four-unit set of FT diesels leads a 125-car Burlington Route freight west at Galesburg, Ill., in June 1953. R. R. Malinoski photo […]
Alton Limited at Springfield
Two Gulf, Mobile & Ohio E7 diesels bring the St. Louis–Chicago Alton Limited into the station at Springfield, Ill., in May 1952. Edward Theisinger photo […]
Classic Trains, Fall 2018
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CA&E nocturne
At Wheaton, Ill., the motorman of a westbound Chicago Aurora & Elgin train looks back for the highball while the conductor waits on the platform to assist passengers. CA&E passenger service ended in 1957. Bob Schmidt photo […]
