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Tag: Photo of the Day

Big Four

By | February 16, 2024
An HO scale scene of tank cars spotted at a loading rack, with storage tanks and an oil well nearby

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged Fallen Flags, History, Midwest, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Pre - 1920, Steam Locomotive

The General

By | February 15, 2024
An ornate, old-fashioned black-and-red 4-4-0 steam locomotive smokes on a wood trestle

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged 1946 - 1970, Fallen Flags, History, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Southeast, Steam Locomotive

Vanderbilt tender

By | February 14, 2024
A Southern Pacific 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive with a Vanderbilt oil tender is seen in a 1916 builder’s photo

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged Fallen Flags, History, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Pre - 1920, Steam Locomotive

Soo Line Mikado 1003

By | February 13, 2024
A black-and-white photo of Soo Line Mikado 1003 steam locomotive seen in 3/4 angle

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged 1946 - 1970, Fallen Flags, History, Midwest, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Steam Locomotive

Baltimore & Ohio Geep

By | February 12, 2024
A blue-and-yellow Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive is seen in 3/4 angle

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Posted in Classic TrainsTagged 1946 - 1970, Diesel Locomotives, Fallen Flags, History, Northeast, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos

Dead (brake)men tell no tales

By | February 9, 2024
A row of ropes hang from a crossbar on a telltale in front of a covered railroad bridge in a snowy landscape in Vermont

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged History, Northeast, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Short line regionals

Cereal transporter

By | February 8, 2024
A dark blue switch engine pulls a boxcar past a cluster of tanks and silos

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged Diesel Locomotives, Fallen Flags, Freight, History, Midwest, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos

Lackawanna MUs

By | February 7, 2024
A six-car Erie Lackawanna electrified passenger train rolls under wire

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged 1971 - 1999, Electric Locomotives, Fallen Flags, History, Northeast, Passenger/Transit, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos

Steam booster

By | February 6, 2024
A black-and-white photo of a Boston & Maine 2-10-2 steam locomotive with a booster engine on its rear tender truck

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged Fallen Flags, History, Northeast, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Steam Locomotive

F is for freight

By | February 5, 2024
A black-and-white photo of a long coal train approaching the camera, seen from a bridge over the tracks

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged 1946 - 1970, Diesel Locomotives, Fallen Flags, Freight, History, Mountain West, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos

Minnesota identity crisis

By | February 2, 2024
A black-and-white photo of an early diesel switcher moving a Great Northern boxcar through a snowy landscape

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged 1946 - 1970, Diesel Locomotives, Freight, Midwest, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Short line regionals, Short Lines/Regionals

Belfast & Moosehead Lake No. 18

By | February 1, 2024
A steam locomotive backs its freight train toward a trackside water tank

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Posted in Photo of the DayTagged 1920 - 1945, Northeast, Photo of the Day, Photos, Photos and Videos, Short line regionals, Steam Locomotive
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