This remarkable collection of classic train pictures offers thundering power and great style through more than 50 years of railroading. Those Remarkable Trains range from Nickel Plate Road double-headed 2-8-4 Berkshires and a rare Canadian Pacific 4-4-4 Jubilee to a big Southern Pacific AC-11 Cab Forward 4-8-8-2 and a giant DM&IR Yellowstone 2-8-8-4. Don t miss the call! Engines and trains featured include:
Reading Railroad had 30 2100-series T-1's on its roster; all were rebuilt between 1945 and 1947 from Class I-10sa 2-8-2 Mikados
Southern Pacific 4274 is on a passenger special near Colfax, CA on December 1, 1957; 4274 is a Class AC-11 Cab Forward (4-8-8-2) locomotive built in 1943 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Mail Train #7 is westbound near Red Oak, IA
Norfolk and Western 125, a streamlined Class K-2 Mountain (4-8-2), is westbound with Mail Train #7 at Bonsack, VA
Canadian National Railway 6147 (a Class u-2-c Northern built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1929), is leading an eastbound freight at Bay View, Ontario
Nickel Plate Road Berkshires 739 and 766 (2-8-4) are double-heading a hot eastbound freight near Valparaiso, IN
Rarely seen Boston and Maine 1550 is a Model BL-2 road switcher designed for branch line passenger service
Canadian Pacific Railway 2928, a Class F1a Jubilee-type locomotive with a 4-4-4 wheel arrangement, is waiting a call at Toronto, Ontario
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 228, a 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones, is doing what it does best, hauling ore jennies, in this view near Proctor, MN
Western Maryland 842 and 824 (both are 2-8-0 Consolidations; 842 is a Class H-9a and 824 is a Class H-9) lead a long string of empty hopper cars as the First Section of Train #81 to Elkins, WV
In an awesome show of motive power, Erie-Lackawanna 7024 (An EMD FTA-FTB-FTB-FTA set) is on the point of a westbound freight with 7060, another four-unit EMD set, running as the road power, this time all F3's
Colorado and Southern Parlor-Observation Car, Silver Streak, is on the rear of the southbound Texas Zephyr just south of the top of the divide at Palmer Lake, CO
