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Check out the Atlas ACF 5250 covered hopper

In the latest product review conducted by group technical editor Cody Grivno, the Atlas ACF 5250 covered hopper is up for examination! Follow along to learn all about this product’s facts and features. […]

Model railroad humor: Radius

Two men watch a train awkwardly span a series of too-sharp curves.

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Portland Union Station

Steam-powered passenger train pull out of train shed

Portland Union Station Maine Central 4-6-2 No. 467 rests at Portland Union Station in the early 1950s. The former Maine Central headquarters is seen above the locomotive. Today, this area is occupied by a mall and parking lot. H.W. Pontin photo […]

Western Pacific Railroad freight trains

Steam powered freight train on a bridge on a curve exhibiting traits of the Western Pacific Railroad

All through August, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the grit, the glory, and the grandeur that was the Western Pacific Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images selected from Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library. Only from Classic Trains! […]

‘Powhatan Arrow’

Workers stand beside streamlined passenger rail car

‘Powhatan Arrow’ Railroad employees shine up the Tuscan red exterior of the Powhatan Arrow’s dining car at Williamson, W.Va. The new streamliner started operations April 28, 1946, on a 15.5-hour westbound timing over the 676-mile route from Norfolk to Cincinnati. Norfolk & Western photo […]

Not what it seems

Diesel locomotives push behind a caboose on a freight train by a signal

Not what it seems A Clinchfield “Shifter South” crawls out of Elkhorn City yard away from the camera and across Pool Point at the north end of the Breaks of the Big Sandy in 1964. The three-unit pusher will stay with the train to Towers, Va., where the grade begins to ease. Ron Flanary photo […]

Model railroad humor: Italy

A woman refuses a shipment of model train cars from a courier.

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West Point Route

Steam-powered heavyweight passenger train on curve

West Point Route Atlanta & West Point and Western Railway of Alabama — together known as the West Point Route — handle the Southern Crescent between Atlanta and Montgomery. On February 28, 1948, WofA 4-8-2 No. 185 heads a 13-car train 38 east at Hogansville, Ga. David W. Salter photo […]

Dining on the ‘Century’

People seated at tables with cloth tablecloths on railroad dining car

Dining on the ‘Century’ Passengers enjoy high-class service aboard a New York Central 20th Century Limited dining car. New York Central photo […]

Connaught Tunnel

View of tunnel portal off rear platform of passenger car

Connaught Tunnel Observation cars afforded a fine view of the Canadian Pacific’s engineering landmarks. This August 1942 photo shows the west portal and ventilation equipment of Connaught Tunnel on Rogers Pass in British Columbia. Andre Morin photo […]

Western Pacific Railroad: passenger trains

All through August 2021, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and legacy of the Western Pacific Railroad. In this article, please enjoy a photo gallery of Western Pacific Railroad passenger trains in their prime. This gallery was first published in July 2016. Only from Classic Trains! […]