Denver & Rio Grande Western K-28 class narrow gauge 2-8-2 No. 474 steams at Gunnison, Colo., in 1940. The railroad had 10 such locomotives, Nos. 470-479, built by Alco in 1923. They were retired in 1946. R.H. Kindig photo […]
Narrow gauge classic
Necessary travel
Travelers during World War II swarm the New York Central ticket windows in Grand Central Terminal. Signs above the windows caution against “unnecessary travel” during wartime. New York Central photo […]
Classic Trains, Summer 2019
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“Like hell they will”
During a 1967 financial analysts’ shop tour of the Southern’s Pegram Shop in Atlanta, an SD35 and GP30 have their high noses out in the Georgia sun. Walter A. Appel Early in 1967, the management of the Southern Railway invited members of the investment and financial communities to ride an inspection train from Cincinnati, Ohio, […]
Steam at Harlem
Great Northern O-8-class 2-8-2 No. 3396 leads the first section of train No. 402 at Harlem, Mont., in August 1948. The O-8s, rebuilt from older engines, were the heaviest Mikado types ever. Frank McKinlay, N.F. Priebe collection […]
Ten-wheeling
New York Central 4-6-0 No. 1290, a July 1900 product of the Michigan Central’s St. Thomas, Ontario, shops, works west on Ontario’s St. Clair Subdivision. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Railroads at war
Stuart tanks and crated loads on flatcars tell of the herculean effort of American industries, including railroads, to bring victory in World War II. Classic Trains collection […]
Riverside running
Boston & Maine’s train to Berlin, N.H., follows the Connecticut River north of White River Junction, Vt. Jim Shaughnessy photo […]
Royalty in the making
On May 29, 1950, workers put the finishing touches on brand-new Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 at Roanoke, Va. It was one of four such engines outshopped in 1950 and would come to be the face of successor Norfolk Southern’s steam program in the 1980s and 1990s. Norfolk & Western photo […]
Semi-streamlined
With white extra flags flying, Minneapolis & St. Louis 2-8-2 No. 611 leads a sugar beet extra out of Hopkins, Minn., in 1946. The Mikado was built by Schenectady in 1918. Classic Trains collection […]
Station scene
Rock Island FTs lead a train past the South Washington, Iowa, station in 1948. The railroad had 30 FT A units, Nos. 70-99, and 16 FT B units, Nos. 70B-73B and 88B-99B. Classic Trains collection […]
Official inspection
Southern Pacific General Manager W.D. Lamprecht’s business car rides the rear of train No. 28 as it passes the helpers on Extra 6311 West at Midas, Calif., on Donner Pass in October 1957. In the foreground, the conductor of the freight walks forward to inspect his train. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
