Classic Trains Archives - Page 86 of 249

CP’s experimental 2-10-4

In 1931, two years after placing in service a fleet of 20 conventional 2-10-4s, Canadian Pacific constructed an experimental version. Class T4a No. 8000 had three cylinders and a multi-pressure boiler that supplied 250 PSI steam to the two outside cylinders and 850 PSI steam to the inside cylinder. It was retired in 1936. Classic […]

CNJ’s Jersey City terminal, 1953

Passengers amble down the platform and a carman makes a final check as Central Railroad of New Jersey’s 12:38 p.m. local to Dunellen prepares to depart Jersey City in 1953. Philip R. Hastings photo […]

CN 4-6-0 in Winnipeg

Canadian National Ten-Wheeler at Fort Rouge Yard

Canadian National Ten-Wheeler 1357, pulling an express reefer and heavyweight baggage car and coach, has just arrived at the Fort Rouge yard from the CN station in downtown Winnipeg in September 1958. Franklin A. King photo […]

C&NW 4-4-2 on a suburban train

Steam Chicago & North Western locomotives with passenger train in snow

Chicago & North Western 4-4-2 1316, a high-wheeled class D from the first decade of the 20th century — is at Glen Ellyn, Ill., with a train for Chicago in February 1944. It’s 5 degrees below zero, making for a lively display of condensing steam. Robert Nicholls photo […]

C&IM coal drag

Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway 2-10-2

Chicago & Illinois Midland 2-10-2 No. 701, built new for the road by Lima in 1931, works up Petersburg Hill near Havana Ill., in May 1952. Ed Theisinger photo […]