Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 No. 1647 makes 40 mph along the Kanawha River east of Handley, W.Va., with coal bound for the piers at Newport News, Va. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
C&O Allegheny on the move
Section: Photos
Burlington’s Galesburg station at night
This 1940s night view of Galesburg shows the lineup of carts for hauling mail and express. Galesburg was on the CB&Q’s Chicago-to-Denver line, with additional lines heading north to the Twin Cities, southwest to Kansas City and St. Louis, and south toward Centralia, Ill. Henry J. McCord photo […]
New York Central S-2
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Atlantic on a local
Chesapeake & Ohio 4-4-2 No. 281, stands at the Monon’s Hammond, Ind., station, ready for the 8:45 a.m. departure on Oct. 5, 1946, of the C&O’s local train to Cincinnati. L.B. Herrin photo […]
Bicentennial diesel locomotives
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“Nickel Plate High Speed Service”
An old wooden caboose carries the Nickel Plate Road’s famous slogan advertising the road’s expedited freight service. Classic Trains coll. […]
1385 in August 1987
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NYC in central Pennsylvania
New York Central Alco FA diesels lead a freight near Jersey Shore, Pa., at the south end of Pine Creek Gorge – the “Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania” – in 1952. This photo was on the cover of the first issue of Classic Trains, back in early 2000. William P. Price photo […]
D&H train 205
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Rods-down roster shot
Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 6312 poses for a classic roster shot portrait with her right-hand side rods in the “down” position favored for such photos. She was one of 60 SOU class Ms-1’s built to the USRA light Mikado design in 1918 and 1922. “CNO&TP” lettering on the can designates assignment to SOU’s Cincinnati, New […]
Burlington Northern 10403
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C&NW’s Lake Street Tower, Chicago
The diagram in the Lake Street interlocking tower for C&NW’s North Western Terminal in Chicago shows 16 station tracks and the complexity of the trackage at the throat of the terminal. C&NW photo […]
