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Title: |
Three Bridges, Three Railroads (But Its Older This Time) |
Description: |
The C&O, SAL, and SOU have all parked a train at the incredible triple stack crossing in Richmond Virginia for photographers. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/1900 Upload Date: 6/2/2025 11:28:50 AM |
Location: |
Richmond, VA |
Author: |
Jacob Jablonski |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
SOU 1504(0-6-0) |
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11 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Last 4-4-0s |
Description: |
One the Milwaukees last 4-4-0s stopped at a station for a promotional photo. Date and location approximate. |
Photo Date: |
5/20/1900 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:57:07 AM |
Location: |
Unknown, WI |
Author: |
Jacob Jablonski |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
MILW 1271(UNKNOWN) |
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30 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
You dont have a membership! |
Description: |
A MR&ST railroad pacific is on TRRA trackage at the St. Louis Union Station. The MR&ST was one of the few railroads without a TRRA membership to be allowed to run on their tracks, but for passenger service only. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
10/12/1912 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 9:17:44 AM |
Location: |
Saint Louis, MO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger |
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24 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Three Bridges, Three Railroads |
Description: |
The C&O, SAL, and SOU have all parked a train at the incredible triple stack crossing in Richmond Virginia for photographers. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
5/17/1935 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 12:06:22 PM |
Location: |
Richmond, VA |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Track |
Locomotives: |
CO 433(4-6-2) SAL 267(4-8-2) SOU 1204(4-6-2) |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mountain In The City |
Description: |
An L&N 4-8-2 "Mountain" idols at Louisville Union Station. |
Photo Date: |
4/4/1937 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 2:24:27 PM |
Location: |
Louisville, KY |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 412(4-8-2) |
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16 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Hope You Arent Afraid Of Heights! |
Description: |
A Canadian Pacific passenger train heads over one of the Cisco Bridges while traveling on its way through the Rockies. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/1937 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:57:24 AM |
Location: |
Lytton, BC |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger |
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27 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Off We Go! |
Description: |
An L&N Pacific departs Louisville Union station while a switcher goes about its work. |
Photo Date: |
6/18/1937 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 2:17:05 PM |
Location: |
Louisville, KY |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
LN 278(4-6-2) |
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17 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
We Dont Have Much Time Left |
Description: |
A group of L&N steam locomotives eye the new EMD E6 diesel. Its the first sign of their eventual retirement. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
9/7/1948 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 9:51:12 AM |
Location: |
Louisville, KY |
Author: |
Jacob Jablonski |
Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Track |
Locomotives: |
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16 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On Wisconsin, In Illinois |
Description: |
One of the Milwaukee Roads streamliners, the On Wisconsin, is departing Madison on its way north with one of the classic class A 4-4-2s. The diesels had pushed them off the Hiawathas by now. |
Photo Date: |
12/3/1950 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:44:17 AM |
Location: |
Madison, WI |
Author: |
William Middleton |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
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21 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Hippos On Horseshoe |
Description: |
A helper set made up of two PRR I1sa Decapod 2-10-0s makes its way over horseshoe curve to assist another freight. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
7/13/1957 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:20:24 AM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
PRR 4477(2-10-0) |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
N&W At Its Finest |
Description: |
An N&W 2-8-8-2 hauls a manifest freight with a long string of gondolas past a proudly standing CPL signal. Date approximate. |
Photo Date: |
3/4/1958 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:49:56 AM |
Location: |
Bluefield, WV |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 2176(2-8-8-2) |
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30 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Working On 604 |
Description: |
N&W J 604 gets some work done at the Roanoke Shops |
Photo Date: |
5/6/1959 Upload Date: 6/3/2025 10:11:16 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
NW 604(4-8-4) |
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9 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Working On 1232 |
Description: |
N&W 1232 is inspected at the Roanoke Shops. |
Photo Date: |
5/6/1959 Upload Date: 6/3/2025 10:16:09 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Jacob Jablonski |
Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 1232(NW Type A 2-6-6-4) |
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12 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Not Famous Yet |
Description: |
SP #9 is making a normal revenue freight run. |
Photo Date: |
5/6/1959 Upload Date: 6/3/2025 10:17:44 AM |
Location: |
Dolomite, CA |
Author: |
Jacob Jablonski |
Categories: |
Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
SP 9(4-6-0) |
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15 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Reporting To Headquarters |
Description: |
CN 6218 idols at Toronto Union Station, with CN's main headquarters visible right behind it. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
5/13/1967 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 12:17:00 PM |
Location: |
Toronto, ON |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CN 6218(4-8-4) |
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21 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Not At The B&O Museum Yet |
Description: |
C&O 490 is well known for being preserved at the B&O railroad museum, but it was actually originally displayed in Huntington. |
Photo Date: |
4/17/1971 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 12:07:55 PM |
Location: |
Huntington, WV |
Author: |
John Corns |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CO 490(4-6-4) |
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23 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Here Comes That Freedom Train |
Description: |
AFT 4449 has been separated from its patriotic consist and is now on display at Denver Union Station. I have no idea how the SAL E unit on the left got here. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
10/3/1975 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 9:48:23 AM |
Location: |
Denver, CO |
Author: |
Jacob Jablonski |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
SP 4449(4-8-4) SCL 501(E6A) |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Doubleheader Of The Century |
Description: |
A postcard photo of the legendary 1975 doubleheader of UP 844 and AFT 4449 flying through the Nebraska plains. |
Photo Date: |
10/12/1975 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 1:18:01 PM |
Location: |
Brady, NE |
Author: |
James Watson |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 844(4-8-4) SP 4449(4-8-4) |
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19 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Basking In The Evening Sun |
Description: |
UP 844, then 8444, has just finished doubleheading with the AFT 4449 and is now cooling down in North Platte. |
Photo Date: |
10/12/1975 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 1:15:22 PM |
Location: |
North Platte, NE |
Author: |
James Watson |
Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Steam |
Locomotives: |
UP 844(4-8-4) |
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14 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
My Grandpa And The Freedom Train |
Description: |
No, my Grandpa did not take this photo, it is a postcard, but I is of the Freedom Train in South Bend, IN. He saw the train when it stopped there in 1976. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/1976 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 8:47:12 AM |
Location: |
South Bend, IN |
Author: |
Unkwown |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
AFT 1(4-8-4) |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Steaming In The Night |
Description: |
C&NW 1385 simmers during a photographers event. Date and location approximate. |
Photo Date: |
8/8/1981 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 1:22:13 PM |
Location: |
Chicago (Tower A2), IL |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Steam |
Locomotives: |
CNW 1385(4-6-0) |
Views: |
14 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Most Texan Locomotive |
Description: |
One of the very few ATSF locomotives to ever receive a livery that isnt black, Texas State Railroad 200, takes on water at the historic Rusk water tower before a day of excursions. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
8/23/1981 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:40:04 AM |
Location: |
Rusk, TX |
Author: |
Unkwown |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
TSR 200(4-6-0) |
Views: |
19 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Excursion In A Storm |
Description: |
Tweetsie Railroad 14 slowly makes its way back to the station, they probably need to get this excursion over before the storm hits. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
4/21/1982 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 12:32:23 PM |
Location: |
Boone, NC |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
TRR 12(4-6-0) |
Views: |
14 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Not Stopping To Refuel |
Description: |
N&W 611 leads a Norfolk Southern Steam Program excursion under the Vickers coaling tower. The engine would return to this stop decades later when it was restored the second time. |
Photo Date: |
5/23/1983 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 11:17:53 AM |
Location: |
Vicker, VA |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) |
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18 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
That Number Seems Familiar... |
Description: |
The much less famous 5629 sits at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Funnily enough, one of this engines sisters was owned by Jensen. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
4/1/1985 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:09:13 AM |
Location: |
Golden, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
CBQ 5629(4-8-4) |
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20 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Living Legend In Denver |
Description: |
UP 844 slowly pulls out of Denver Union Station, probably on its way back to Cheyenne. Its sad that UP 844 hasnt run since 2019, I thing what happened to 3985 will happen to it. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
5/5/1985 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 11:03:52 AM |
Location: |
Denver, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
UP 844(4-8-4) |
Views: |
20 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Climbing The Narrow Grade |
Description: |
Durango And Silverton, former Rio Grande, 1983 climbs the grade with another loads of excited visitors. This photo was actually hanging on my wall for a number of years, but I briefly pulled it out recently to scan it. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
8/2/1986 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 9:25:03 AM |
Location: |
Silverton, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 481(2-8-2) |
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14 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BC Rail Royal Hudson |
Description: |
BCOL, former CP, Royal Hudson #2860 impressively steams out of a tunnel somewhere in the British Columbia mountains. I put in Prince George for location, but Im not sure. |
Photo Date: |
1/1/1987 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 9:00:33 AM |
Location: |
Prince George, BC |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Tunnel,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 2860(4-6-4) |
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18 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Round The Bend |
Description: |
Rio Grande 480 rounds a terrifying elevated curve far above the Animas Canyon. |
Photo Date: |
6/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 2:30:19 PM |
Location: |
Durango, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 480(2-8-2) |
Views: |
15 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Check Her Over |
Description: |
Rio Grande 476 has just completed another run through the Animas Canyon and the crew are checking to see what they need to do before the next run. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
6/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 11:43:37 AM |
Location: |
Durango, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 476(2-8-2) |
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16 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Wheres the snow? |
Description: |
D&RGW 487 is fully equipped for a run through some deep snowdrifts, but there is not frozen precipitation in sight. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
6/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 12:12:23 PM |
Location: |
Silverton, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Winter,Steam,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 487(2-8-2) |
Views: |
16 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Climbing Along The River |
Description: |
Durango And Silverton 473 hauls a tourist train along the Animas River as a photographer hangs out of the coach to capture the scene. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
6/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:31:19 AM |
Location: |
Durango, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 473(2-8-2) |
Views: |
11 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A Collection Of Many Sizes |
Description: |
UP Big Boy 4012 is parked behind Bullard Company 2, showing the difference in size between Steamtowns largest and smallest engines. Date is approximate. |
Photo Date: |
5/12/1989 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 9:56:57 AM |
Location: |
Scranton, PA |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
Locomotives: |
UP 4012(4-8-8-4) BULLARD CO.(0-4-0T) |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Shay On The Devils Bridge |
Description: |
This is about the least devilish thing I can think of, a nice relaxing train ride on a historic mining railroad with incredible scenery. I have got to visit the Georgetown Loop eventually. Date approximate. |
Photo Date: |
7/30/1990 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 11:09:53 AM |
Location: |
Georgetown, CO |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
GLRX 14(Shay 3 Truck) |
Views: |
15 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Leaking Steam |
Description: |
D&R 9 is blasting steam all over the freezing landscape on a wintertime tourist run. |
Photo Date: |
12/8/1994 Upload Date: 5/30/2025 1:12:00 PM |
Location: |
North Freedom, WI |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Winter,Steam,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
DR 9(2-6-0) |
Views: |
13 Comments: 0 |
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