Baltimore & Ohio’s DR Tower, pictured before daybreak in 1952, guards the crossing of the road’s Chicago and Toledo divisions at the small town of Deshler in northwest Ohio. Wallace W. Abbey photo […]
B&O tower at Deshler, Ohio
Section: Photos
Amtrak’s year-old ‘Broadway Limited’
With just two cars still in Union Pacific yellow, Amtrak’s Broadway Limited departs Chicago for New York on May 21, 1972. J. David Ingles photo […]
4-8-4 entering Moffat Tunnel
Rio Grande engine 1703, from the road’s first group of 4-8-4s, heads a westbound train out of Denver into the 6.2-mile darkness of Moffat Tunnel in August 1950. W. R. Berg Jr. photo […]
‘Olympian Hiawatha’ coach
Among the cars built for the Milwaukee Road’s 1947 Olympian Hiawatha were 52-seat coaches, produced in the road’s own shops. The interior paneling matched the exterior paint scheme, which was soon modified. MILW photo […]
NYC 2-6-6-2 in West Virginia
A long way from the broad, flat Water Level Route, New York Central 2-6-6-2 Mallet 1940 is seen in an undated photo on the road’s line to Charleston and other West Virginia points. Classic Trains collection […]
Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 on Tennessee Pass
There’s a dusting of snow on the ground as Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 No. 3613 approaches the Tennessee Pass tunnel with an eastbound freight in October 1946. R. H. Kindig photo […]
Do people wreck train photos?
Do people wreck train photos? A common situation that really irritates a lot of rail photographers is when people get in the way of their picture taking. If you are attempting the perfect “roster shot,” I suppose that could be an irritant. But having railroad employees, passengers, and other fans in your photos should be […]
Pennsy race track specials in Maryland
E7s, E8s, and a pair of Baldwin switchers on trains from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington wait for horse-racing fans to finish their business at Bowie Race Track in December 1953. H. N. Proctor photo […]
New and old on the Atlantic & East Carolina
The newness of green-and-yellow F2 No. 401 contrasts with the antiquity of the wooden cars as the Atlantic & Eastern Carolina’s daily passenger train crosses the Trent River at New Bern, N.C., in 1946. The 96-mile A&EC had two F units, both F2s. A&EC photo […]
Mail exchange on the fly
A clerk tosses two mail delivery pouches out the door of his speeding Railway Post Office car while simultaneously keeping the catcher arm raised in preparation for snagging outbound mail. This is on the Boston & Maine in the late 1940s. Edward J. Howard Jr. photo […]
M&StL’s North Star Limited
A Pacific is in charge of Minneapolis & St. Louis’s St. Louis–St. Paul North Star Limited between Chaska and Eden Prairie, Minn., in the 1920s or early ’30s. Don Hofsommer collection […]
Lackawanna F3s at East Stroudsburg
An A-B-A set of F3 diesels is on the point of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western train 47, a morning run between Hoboken, N.J., and Binghamton, N.Y., at East Stroudsburg, Pa., in May 1954. Jack Emerick photo […]
