Big EM-1 2-8-8-4s congregate at the Benwood, Ohio, engine terminal in August 1957, a decade after author Tanner was a hostler there. J. J. Young Jr., Bob Withers coll. Sixty-odd years ago, North American railroads were enjoying prosperous years. World War II was over, but the momentum created during that time continued for another decade. […]
A massive Norfolk & Western class A 2-6-6-4 dwarfs workers in the road’s yard at Roanoke, Va., in 1954. W. A. Akin Jr. photo […]
The commander of a May 1953 U.S. Army troop train out of Fort Meade, Md., confers with a Baltimore & Ohio passenger representative, the train conductor, and the Pullman conductor. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
In Boston, a two-car train of Metropolitan Transportation Authority PCC cars rounds the loop at Riverside in 1963. G. Mac Sebree photo […]
Louisville & Nashville RS3 150 passes “Big Emma” 2-8-4 1980 at Baileys, Ky., in July 1954. The Berkshire will couple to the rear of the RS3’s freight for the climb over Emanuel Hill. W. A. Akin Jr. photo […]
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 750 gets under way at Bellevue, Ohio, with a westbound freight in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Texas & Pacific ended regular steam operations in 1952. When Red River flooding near Boyce, La., became too deep for diesels to wade through in 1957, T&P borrowed a 2-8-2 from the Fort Worth & Denver to haul trains in the high water. In January 1958, T&P bought a different FW&D Mike, No, 410, and […]
Watch clips of the Santa Fe’s legendary Chicago–Los Angeles streamliner from Sunday River Productions’ program The Super Chief — The Whole Story. […]
Montana, Wyoming & Southern 2-8-0 No. 12 poses for a photo as it switches a caboose. The tall-stacked, well-kept Consolidation joined the railroad’s roster in 1924. W. H. Bunney photo […]
Lehigh & Hudson River 4-8-2 No. 11 was one of three such engines built by Baldwin in 1944 for the 90-mile road. Because of wartime restrictions, they were duplicates of a batch of Boston & Maine engines delivered in 1941. Classic Trains coll. […]
In 1951 Great Northern received from ACF six remarkable observation-lounge cars to re-equip the Empire Builder. Named for mountains along the train’s route, the cars featured extra-deep windows for better scenery-viewing. GN photo […]
One of the two Electro-Motive E6A diesels that together were known on the Milwaukee Road as “Famous 15” rests between runs at an unidentified location. The E6s’ superb performance and availability in Hiawatha service earned them the nickname. Tevis Freeman photo […]
