Top five Santa Fe passenger trains

Artwork from brochure showing interiors of Santa Fe El Capitan passenger train

By: Joe Welsh Santa Fe Railway passenger trains are among the most beloved of all time. Here are the top five Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway passenger trains as illustrated from the archives of the David P. Morgan Library. Chief Building on the success of its famous California Limited introduced in 1892, Santa Fe […]

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Santa Fe Inspiration gallery volume 1

A sweeping photo of a silver-colored HO Scale Sante Fe streamlined passenger train pulled through a desert Southwest scene.

  The Santa Fe Railway and predecessors parsing the American Southwest have inspired countless artists and dreamers. Model railroaders using scale equipment and precision tools to re-create these railroad scenes are only the latest in that line. In this photo gallery, we encourage you to enjoy two fantastic Santa Fe layouts that are inspired. We […]

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Helper for 13 cars

Tacked on behind a boxcar-turned-caboose, one of short line Western Allegheny’s ex-Pennsy H10 2-8-0s helps a sister move coal and limestone out of Kaylor, Pa., in September 1955. WA’s 2-percent grades necessitated two Consolidations for a 13-car train. Photo by Philip R. Hastings […]

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Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives remembered

4-4-2 steam locomotive

  Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives moved freight to and from docks and lake boats. See a sampling of those locomotives with this photo gallery of Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives, only from Classic Trains! If you like this gallery, you may also enjoy an article on AA’s history or an Ann Arbor passenger train photo gallery. […]

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Ann Arbor Railroad freight trains remembered

Diesel switch engine switching railroad car ferry

  Ann Arbor Railroad freight trains and car ferries were the life blood of this Michigan-based shortline railroad, which is Classic Trains’ Railroad of the Month for December 2020. We hope you enjoy each of these freight train images from the David P. Morgan Library at Kalmbach Media. If you enjoy this gallery, you may […]

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Lackawanna ferry boats

On a frigid February 10, 1951, four Hudson River ferries are in the slips of the Lackawanna Railroad’s Hoboken terminal. The photo was made from a fifth DL&W boat heading out into the icy river for a trip to Manhattan. Photo by Edward Theisinger […]

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Narrow-gauge doodlebug

East Broad Top car M-1 was assembled in 1927 by EBT’s shops at Mount Union, Pa., from a kit of parts supplied by the J. G. Brill Co. The gas-electric combine has operated occasionally since EBT’s reopening as a tourist line in 1960. Photo from Classic Trains collection […]

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Blizzard aftermath

A great snowstorm buried the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s narrow-gauge line east of Chama, N.Mex., a few days after Christmas 1951. On January 12, 1952, a work train engaged in clean-up work eased over the 408-foot trestle west of Osier, Colo. Photo by John Norwood […]

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