The 124 open-platform coaches the Burlington Route used in Chicago–Downers Grove–Aurora commuter service were Spartan conveyances. No. 7165 stands between runs at Aurora in February 1946. Henry J. McCord photo […]
Burlington suburban coach
Section: Photo of the Day
Big Emma on empties
Louisville & Nashville class M-1 2-8-4 No. 1950 — a “Big Emma” — rolls empty coal hopper cars at Hargett, Ky., on May 23, 1952. Ed Theisinger photo […]
A Pennsy super Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad 5698, one of the road’s two class K5 4-6-2s, heads an unidentified passenger train south on the Northern Central line between the Harrisburg, Pa., area and Baltimore in the early 1940s. PRR added the pair of heavy Pacifics to its roster in 1929, after the last of 425 K4’s had been built. Frank […]
M&StL at Roland, Iowa
Minneapolis & St. Louis 2-6-0 310, power for the Marshalltown–Story City, Iowa, mixed train, switches at Roland, the biggest source of traffic on the 38-mile Story City branch line, in the late 1940s. William F. Armstrong photo […]
Towerman’s view at Berea
The second-trick operator at New York Central’s BE Tower at Berea, Ohio, just west of Cleveland, highballs FA-powered westbound fast freight NC-1 as it passes the tower. Richard J. Cook photo […]
Steam faces diesel at Salida
Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 1138 watches as four brand-new GP9s bring an eastbound freight into Salida, Colo., on the Tennessee Pass line in December 1955. Trains for the narrow-gauge Monarch Branch operated out of this yard, hence the dual-gauge track. Jim Shaughnessy photo […]
The Ferdinand’s 4-4-0
In southern Indiana, handsome 4-4-0 No. 9 of the 7.4-mile short line Ferdinand Railroad poses in late afternoon sun for photographers visiting from New Jersey in May 1952. Built by H. K. Porter in 1920, she was scrapped in 1953. Ed Theisinger photo […]
South Omaha Terminal 0-6-0
An 0-6-0 of the South Omaha Terminal Railway shuttles cars near the Omaha stockyard in the 1940s with a string of Swift refrigerator cars in the background. Joseph Burkhart photo […]
Santa Fe’s first 2-10-4 on Raton
Santa Fe No. 5000, the first 2-10-4 Texas type built for the road, and 2-10-2 No. 3873 climb the 3.5-percent grade on the north side of Raton Pass with a westbound freight extra on May 18, 1946. Pushing at the rear of the 37-car train is 2-10-2 No. 934. Preston George photo […]
Secondhand Alco diesels on the L&N
Alco diesels acquired secondhand from the Rutland Railway and Lehigh & New England stand with a Louisville & Nashville F7 at L&N’s South Louisville Shops on July 29, 1963. Charles B. Castner photo […]
Santa Fe 4-4-2 crossing stone culvert
Santa Fe 4-4-2 No. 1440 leads the Colorado & Southern’s southbound Pike’s Peak Special over a stone culvert on the “Joint Line” between Denver and Colorado Springs in 1910. The C&S train is operating on trackage rights over the Santa Fe, which shares the route with the Denver & Rio Grande. L. C. McClure photo […]
Ps-4 perfection
Southern Railway Ps-4 Pacific 1395 departs Alexandria, Va., with the Atlanta-New Orleans Express in June 1937. Painted a striking green with gold trim, the 64 well-proportioned Ps-4 engines were among the most celebrated of all 4-6-2 classes. Walter H. Thrall Jr. photo […]
