In a view from the head end, an eastbound train led by St. Clair Tunnel Co. electrics exits Canadian National’s Port Huron, Mich.–Sarnia, Ont., St. Clair Tunnel in 1958. Jim Davis photo […]
Exiting CN’s St. Clair Tunnel
Section: Photos
P&LE’s massive Ohio River bridge
The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie’s cantilever bridge across the Ohio River at Beaver City, Pa., opened in 1910. The total length of the cantilever is 1,400 feet, with 769 feet between piers. Historic American Engineering Record photo […]
Missabe 2-10-4 on Proctor Hill
In September 1954, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-10-4 No. 713 tramps upgrade from the docks at Duluth with empty ore cars bound for Proctor Yard at the top of the hill and then the iron range for another load. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Lackawanna M.U. train
A westbound Delaware, Lackawanna & Western electric multiple-unit train passes under Wyoming Avenue as it approaches the Millburn, N.J., station in July 1953. Don Wood photo […]
Inside the 1947 Empire Builder’s obs car
A Great Northern publicity photo shows the interior of one of the 1947 Empire Builder’s observation-lounge cars. GN photo […]
Dousing the hogs
Keeping hogs wet in summer heat was vital in keeping them healthy during transit in stock cars. This manual twin-handle pump soaks both decks of hogs on Swift Live Stock Express cars in a New York Central train east of Rome, N.Y. S.K. Bolton Jr. photo […]
California Zephyr on the SP
It’s August 1951, and the westbound California Zephyr has left its normal Western Pacific route via the Feather River Canyon to detour over Southern Pacific’s Donner Pass line. Helping the CZ’s usual three WP F units up into the Sierra Nevada is an SP cab-forward. Gordon Odegard photo […]
B&O F7 helpers
A four-unit set of EMD F7 diesels leans against a coal drag climbing Baltimore & Ohio’s Cranberry Grade west of Terra Alta, W.Va., in the early 1950s. H. W. Pontin photo […]
‘Scenic Limited’ in Royal Gorge double-header
Rio Grande engines 773, an elderly Alco 4-6-0, and 1710, a modern Baldwin 4-8-4, lead the westbound Scenic Limited along the Arkansas River in rugged Royal Gorge in June 1937. M. C. Poor photo […]
Canadian Pacific 4-4-0s
Two of Canadian Pacific’s final three 4-4-0s are seen at Chipman, N.B., in November 1953. Engine 136 is getting ready for the daily run to Norton while No. 144, main rods off and stack covered, watches; sister No. 29 occupied a stall in the enginehouse nearby. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Virginian & Ohio photo tribute
Virginian & Ohio photo tribute. W. Allen McClelland, builder of the freelanced HO scale Virginian & Ohio, passed away on October 28, 2022. You can read his obituary here. In this photo gallery, we’ll take a look at images from both versions of the V&O. The photos are from Andy Sperandeo’s article “Allen McClelland’s trendsetting […]
Virginian electrics on borrowed time
Two ex-Virginian Railway EL-C electrics roll a train of coal hoppers west of Roanoke, Va., in 1961. Norfolk & Western had absorbed the Virginian in 1959, and shut down the smaller road’s electric operations in 1962. John Dziobko photo […]
